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By Richard Osgood,Sarah Monks

The Bronze Age, so named end result of the technological advances in metalworking and numerous strategies within the manufacture and layout of instruments and guns, is without doubt one of the such a lot interesting classes in human historical past. Archaeology has taught us a lot concerning the lifestyle, behavior and houses of Bronze Age humans, yet as but little has been written approximately struggle. What was once Bronze Age war like? How did humans struggle and opposed to whom? What guns have been used? Did they give a boost to their settlements, and, if this is the case, have been those meant as protecting or offensive constructions? in keeping with those and lots of different questions, Bronze Age battle bargains and fascinating perception into struggle and society, lifestyles and demise in Europe 4000 years in the past. It describes the surviving facts of clash - fortifications, guns and physique security, burials, human is still and pictorial facts - and seeks to appreciate the position performed via aggression within the prehistoric world.

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