Bronze Age

prehistoric period and age studied in archaeology, part of the Holocene Epoch

proto-language of the Indo-European languages

thumb|250px|Reconstructed Roman chariot drawn by horses. thumb|250px|Approximate historical map of the spread of the spoke-wheeled chariot, 2000—500 BC

collapse of several civilizations at the end of the bronze age

The khopesh ('; also vocalized khepesh') is an Egyptian sickle-shaped sword that developed from battle axes. The sword style originated in Western Asia during the Bronze Age and was introduced in the Second Intermediate Period. The khopesh'' became more common in the New Kingdom, and is often depicted with kings in statues and murals.

theory of migrations of Indo-Aryan peoples into the Indian subcontinent

thumb|300px|The Sherden in battle as depicted at Medinet Habu (temple)|Medinet Habu The Sherden (Egyptian: šrdn, šꜣrdꜣnꜣ or šꜣrdynꜣ; Ugaritic: šrdnn(m) and trtn(m); possibly Akkadian: šêrtânnu; also glossed "Shardana" or "Sherdanu") are one of the several ethnic groups the Sea Peoples were said to be composed of, appearing in fragmentary historical and iconographic records (ancient Egyptian and Ugaritic) from the Eastern Mediterranean in the late 2nd millennium BC.

thumb|upright=1.2|The Bull-Leaping Fresco from the Great Palace at [[Knossos, Crete]] thumb|upright=1.2|The bull-leaper, an ivory [[figurine from the palace of Knossos, Crete. The only complete surviving figure of a larger arrangement of figures. This is the earliest three dimensional representation of the bull leap. It is assumed that thin gold pins were used to suspend the figure over a bull.]]

migrations out of the Pontic-Caspian steppe

metal alloy

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type of ancient mirrors

archaeological site that is the model of a particular archaeological culture

mediterranean Late Bronze Age metal slabs

swords from the Bronze Age

reconstructed culture of Proto-Indo-Europeans

archaeological site

Single-cas bronze kettle drum

archeological site in Turkey