Cooper metal was used for...

make tools, accessories and defense weapons.

Bronze metal was used for...

make tools, accessories and defense weapons.

France, England, Tigres and Nile

wheel, sail, plow, irrigation systems

Made it possible to move large amounts of goods, loaded on carts, over land and to move building materials more easily.

Enabled ships to harness the power of the wind.

Made it possible to work large areas of land in less time because it was pulled by two animals.

Canals were useful for transporting water to cities and to fields.

Enabled ships to harness the power of the wind.

Made it possible to move large amounts of goods, loaded on carts, over land and to move building materials more easily.

Made it possible to work large areas of land in less time because it was pulled by two animals.

Canals were useful for transporting water to cities and to fields.

Made it possible to work large areas of land in less time because it was pulled by two animals.

Made it possible to move large amounts of goods, loaded on carts, over land and to move building materials more easily.

Enabled ships to harness the power of the wind.

Canals were useful for transporting water to cities and to fields.

Canals were useful for transporting water to cities and to fields.

Made it possible to move large amounts of goods, loaded on carts, over land and to move building materials more easily.

Enabled ships to harness the power of the wind.

Made it possible to work large areas of land in less time because it was pulled by two animals.

working metal consisted of striking cooper with a stone hammer to shape it.

the forging method was used, which consisted of heating the metal while it was hammered.

smelting was discovered. Metals were heated to high temperatures until they became liquid, and were the poured into molds.

the forging method was used, which consisted of heating the metal while it was hammered.

working metal consisted of striking cooper with a stone hammer to shape it.

smelting was discovered. Metals were heated to high temperatures until they became liquid, and were the poured into molds.

smelting was discovered. Metals were heated to high temperatures until they became liquid, and were the poured into molds.

working metal consisted of striking cooper with a stone hammer to shape it.

the forging method was used, which consisted of heating the metal while it was hammered.

When artisans began to mix this metal with tin to make tools and utensil.

A metal become a favorite of organized societies because unlike bronze, it did not involve mixing.

This period began when artisans discovered cooper lodes in their search for clay and began to maker stronger tool.

Last stage of prehistory which began when human, discovered how to melt or transform metal into a liquid state.