List and explain any inventions from the Early Bronze Age to the Iron Age
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Early Bronze Age
- Pottery technology developed in Canaan around 3300 - 1950 BCE.
- The potter's wheel came into common use.
- Methods for firing wares were better controlled.
- Metal weapons and tools were created by artisans.
- N.B. Despite the term "Bronze Age", the metal used to make these tools was copper.
Middle Bronze Age
- For the first time, palaces were built in the largest settlements.
- Around 1950 BCE
- These palace-towns controlled nearby villages and competed for power.
- Period of great wealth and strong self-government
- Paved streets with right angles were now built inside the large scale cities
- 'orthogonal' town planning
- Weapons of the warriors were now made of bronze.
- Bronze is an alloy of copper with 5-10% tin (imported from Afghanistan)
- New weapons were now used
- Duckbill axe, the narrow, chisel-shaped axe, and a leaf-shaped dagger with a wooden handle and a stone pommel
- The chariot was also used in battle at this time
