Bronze+Age

The Bronze Age
The earliest hieroglyphs appear at about the beginning of the pharaonic age. 365-day calendar introduced. 1st Dynasty (2920 - 2770) This period is shrouded in mythology. Little is known of Menes and his descendants outside their claim of divine ancestry and that they developed a complex social system, patronized the arts and constructed temples and many public buildings.

The foundation of Memphis, the world's first imperial city, is attributed to Menes. From Memphis the third and fifth kings of the First Dynasty set out to conquer the Sinai. During the First Dynasty culture became increasingly refined. The royal burial grounds at Saqqara and Abydos became sites of highly developed mastabas.

2800 - 2360 BC Sumarian (Persian) city states formed along the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. (http://www.timlineindex.com)

Date:January 25, 2011 Page Title:Bronze Age
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Interviewee: Interview Date: || Sourse 6 [] || They ate food that they could grow or hunt like tomatoes, grapes, cabbages, chicken, deer, rabbit, turkey, bear, boar, pigs or pretty much anything they could find or grow. || They reached from 50cm to 90cm. Most of them were made from 10-12% tin which let the metal bend a little but not break. Early daggers were thin and made for thrusting but the later daggers were broder so they could be used for thrusting and slashing. They also used bow and arrows for hunting mostly but also in battle. ||
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 * || **Clothing** ||
 * 5 || Cloths were made with fine-woven wool. The females wear bodices and a skirt. The bodice has elbow length sleeves and the front raps around the back. The skirt goes to there knees and is loose around the hips but is tied with a belt. Also they wore long dresses and bodices.
 * 5 || Cloths were made with fine-woven wool. The females wear bodices and a skirt. The bodice has elbow length sleeves and the front raps around the back. The skirt goes to there knees and is loose around the hips but is tied with a belt. Also they wore long dresses and bodices.
 * || **Transportation** ||
 * || horses, carages, chariots. ships, but for the poorer people like peasents you would usually walk or run places. ||
 * || **Common Jobs** ||
 * || merchants, craftsmen, potters, weaves, pirates, fishers, hunters, farmers, ||
 * || **Education** ||
 * || the kids were taught to do what their parents did for work. They didn't go to school and most of them couldn't read. Once they were old enough they started helping their parents keep the house up and running. ||
 * || **Medical Science** ||
 * || If you were wounded in war then one of the things they would do is bur your skin to stop the bleeding. ||
 * || **Places of Interest** ||
 * || Castles ||
 * || **Famous People and Their Contributions** ||
 * || **Food** ||
 * 6 || feasts were used for uniting people of different nations and for social and political reasons. There are differnt kinds of feasts however. The regular feast is when a family eats together like our dinners now. Another type is when a host puts on a feast to raise his or her political and social level in their comunity. One other is for high political powers to try to make peace or talk about business by showing great hospitality.
 * 6 || feasts were used for uniting people of different nations and for social and political reasons. There are differnt kinds of feasts however. The regular feast is when a family eats together like our dinners now. Another type is when a host puts on a feast to raise his or her political and social level in their comunity. One other is for high political powers to try to make peace or talk about business by showing great hospitality.
 * || **Pastimes** ||
 * || some of their pastimes were spent weaving, hunting, fishing, or if you were a child playing games with your friends. ||
 * || **Housing** ||
 * 4 || Houses were long building with low walls and a rounded roof on the sides. They were usauly seperated into three parts. The living room was were the kitchen and fireplace was. It was also where people slept and ate. The middle part was for staroge. The third part was used for stables and the food for the animals was kept in the roof. This was never proved however but it is a common belief. ||
 * || **Family Life** ||
 * || The father and the older males would collect the food such as hunting and the wives and daughters would stay at home and cook ,clean, or tend to the crops. ||
 * || **Weapons** ||
 * 3 || In the Bronze age they used a long dagger as a replacement for the iron age sword.
 * 2 || The horse drawn two wheeled chariot was invented. ||