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=== Iron Age === | === Iron Age === | ||
== Three-Age System == | |||
* When putting together a chronological presentation of ancient artifacts, early 19th century archeologist C. J. Thomsen found that the objects stood out in the three groups of '''stone''', '''bronze''' and '''iron'''. | |||
* the ancient writers Hesiod (Greek) and Lucretius (Roman) grouped human history into "progressive" periods, i.e. either degrading or advancing from one to the other: | |||
** Hesiod's [[Ages of Man]] is a degradation: Golden, Silver, Bronze, Heroic and Iron. | |||
** Lucretius' is a progression: "Everything must pass through successive phases. Nothing remains forever what it was. Everything is on the move. Everything is transformed by nature and forced into new paths..." | |||
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[[Category:World History]] | [[Category:World History]] | ||
[[Category:Timelines]] | [[Category:Timelines]] | ||
[[Category:Time]] | [[Category:Time]] | ||