11 events with tag "Bronze Age"
3000 BC
ID: 5335
Cyprus copper mining begins - island becomes primary copper source for Bronze Age, name 'copper' derives from 'Cyprus'
ID: 5335
2000 BC
ID: 5358
Cornwall tin mining begins - essential for bronze production, traded across Europe to Mediterranean
ID: 5358
1550 BC
ID: 3693
Thera eruption - massive volcanic explosion destroys Santorini, tsunamis hit Crete, ash across Mediterranean
ID: 3693
1250 BC
ID: 3632
Megadrought begins in Eastern Mediterranean - 150-300 year drought starts, worst of entire Bronze Age period
ID: 3632
1225 BC
ID: 3633
Earthquake storm begins - 50-year period of major seismic activity across Mediterranean, destroying cities
ID: 3633
1200 BC
ID: 3635
Destruction of Mycenaean palaces - major centers burned and abandoned, writing system lost
ID: 3635
1200 BC
ID: 3636
Fall of Hattusa - Hittite capital burned and abandoned, empire collapses under Suppiluliuma II
ID: 3636
1200 BC
ID: 3641
Iron Age begins - widespread adoption of iron smelting as bronze trade networks collapse
ID: 3641
1200 BC
ID: 5792
Late Bronze Age Collapse begins - widespread destruction across eastern Mediterranean, multiple civilizations fall simultaneously
ID: 5792
1180 BC
ID: 3638
Destruction of Troy VIIa - archaeological layer possibly matching Homeric Troy, city burned
ID: 3638
1150 BC
ID: 3642
International trade system collapses - tin routes disrupted, diplomatic marriages end, 'Great Powers Club' dissolved
ID: 3642