Late Bronze Age

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The Late Bronze Age was the final phase of the Bronze Age, marked by advanced metalworking, complex societies, extensive trade networks, and the emergence or flourishing of early civilizations across the Near East, Mediterranean, and parts of Europe and Asia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological period
historical period
characterizedBy Late Bronze Age collapse around 1200 BCE
intensive diplomatic correspondence preserved in the Amarna letters
widespread cultural exchange across the Eastern Mediterranean
endCause combination of invasions, internal unrest, and systemic collapse
endTime circa 1200 BCE
follows Middle Bronze Age
hasFeature advanced bronze metalworking
agricultural surplus production
bronze armor
bureaucratic administration
chariot warfare
collapse of several major states at its end
complex legal systems
complex religious cults
complex societies
craft guilds or workshops
development of early writing systems
diplomatic correspondence between states
elite burial practices
epic poetry traditions
extensive long-distance trade networks
fortified cities
increased social complexity
inter-regional diplomatic marriages
interconnected political system in the Eastern Mediterranean
international elite gift exchange
international law-like treaties
long-distance trade in copper
long-distance trade in glass
long-distance trade in gold
long-distance trade in ivory
long-distance trade in luxury goods
long-distance trade in silver
long-distance trade in textiles
long-distance trade in tin
monumental architecture
mythological literature
naval trade and seafaring
organized armies
organized temple cults
palace-centered redistribution systems
palatial economies
record-keeping on clay tablets
regional artistic styles
regional cultural interaction
regional hegemonic empires
social stratification
specialized craft production
specialized metallurgy
standardized weights and measures
state-level political organization
tribute and taxation systems
urbanization
use of Linear B script in Mycenaean Greece
use of horse-drawn chariots
use of tin and copper alloys
widespread use of bronze tools
widespread use of bronze weapons
widespread use of cuneiform writing in the Near East
hasLocation Aegean region
Anatolia
Balkans
Caucasus region
linked to: Caucasus

Central Europe
Cyprus
Eastern Mediterranean
Egypt
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt

Iberian Peninsula
Italian Peninsula
Levant
linked to: Levant region

Mesopotamia
Near East
linked to: Middle East

South Asia
overlapsWith Hittite Empire
Kassite Babylonia
linked to: Kassite period

Middle Assyrian Empire
linked to: Middle Assyrian

Mitanni kingdom
Mycenaean civilization
New Kingdom of Egypt
Shang dynasty in China
linked to: Shang dynasty

Ugaritic city-state culture
partOf Bronze Age
precedes Iron Age
startTime circa 1600 BCE
usedMaterial bronze
clay
gold
silver
stone
textiles
wood

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Bronze Age hasPart Late Bronze Age
Al-Khalil hasHistoricalPeriod Canaanite period
linked to: Late Bronze Age
Mycenaean civilization archaeologicalPeriod Late Helladic
linked to: Late Bronze Age
Mycenaean civilization chronologicalPhase Late Helladic I
linked to: Late Bronze Age
Mycenaean civilization chronologicalPhase Late Helladic II
linked to: Late Bronze Age
Megiddo hasHistoricalPeriod Canaanite period
linked to: Late Bronze Age
Israelites timePeriod Late Bronze Age
Jaffa hasHistoricalPeriod Canaanite period
linked to: Late Bronze Age
Canaanites timePeriod Late Bronze Age
Amarna letters historicalContext Late Bronze Age
Jebusites timePeriod Late Bronze Age
Dorians timePeriod Late Bronze Age
Second Intermediate Period of Egypt geopoliticalContext Eastern Mediterranean Bronze Age
linked to: Late Bronze Age
Akko historicalPeriod Canaanite period
linked to: Late Bronze Age
Trojan War hasAllegedDate Late Bronze Age
Philistines timePeriod Late Bronze Age
Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt era Late Bronze Age
Cladh Hallan archaeologicalPeriod Late Bronze Age
Tribe of Joseph timePeriod Late Bronze Age
Midea timePeriod Late Bronze Age
Gla timePeriod Late Bronze Age
lawagetas timePeriod Late Bronze Age
Greek Dark Ages precededBy Late Helladic IIIC period
linked to: Late Bronze Age
Mursili II era Late Bronze Age
Late Bronze Age collapse precededBy Late Bronze Age
Hittite archives chronologicalRange Late Bronze Age
Luwians historicalPeriod Late Bronze Age
Hittite royal court timePeriod Late Bronze Age
Middle Bronze Age followedBy Late Bronze Age
Ashur-uballit I historicalPeriod Late Bronze Age
subject linked to: Assyrian king Ashur-uballit I
Battle of Kadesh era Late Bronze Age
Shiloh timePeriod Late Bronze Age
Gournia destroyedIn Late Minoan IB period
linked to: Late Bronze Age
Suppiluliuma II timePeriod Late Bronze Age
Ahmose I era Late Bronze Age
Helladic culture hasPart Late Helladic period
linked to: Late Bronze Age
Carians timePeriod Late Bronze Age
Tell el-Mutesellim hasCulturalPeriod Late Bronze Age
Mitanni kingdom historicalPeriod Late Bronze Age
Virgin Anat timePeriod Late Bronze Age
Mask of Agamemnon period Late Bronze Age
Hivites timePeriod Late Bronze Age Levant (approximate)
linked to: Late Bronze Age
Hittites timePeriod Late Bronze Age
Bull El timePeriod Late Bronze Age
Ramesses VI era Late Bronze Age
Alashiya flourishedInPeriod Late Bronze Age
Kadesh timePeriod Late Bronze Age
Tausret era Late Bronze Age