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The Great Bronze Age of China

For centuries, ancient Chinese civilization has been known only through written records. However, the dramatic discoveries of bronze vessels and other treasures from the past are revealing the secrets of ancient Chinese world. The ancient Chinese society fell into the Stone Tool Age and the Iron Tool Age. The earliest stoneware in China was found in 3000 B.C. The Shang and Zhou dynasties ushered China into the height of the Bronze Age. During this period the making of bronze ware reached its zenith. After the Spring & Autumn and Warring States periods China entered the Iron Tool Age.

Olmsted, Mildred Scott (Peace Activists)
The devastation of war on the population, particularly in famine-wracked Bavaria, led her to pursue a life of peace activism. During World War I Olmsted joined the American Friends Service Committee to provide relief to war-torn France and Germany.

Bronze is an alloy, the chief elements being copper, tin and lead, which is copper and tin with lower melting point and a higher degree of hardness than those of copper. Bronze-making required a settled and organized society to finish the process like locating, protecting, mining, and smelting the ores that contain copper and tin, the two metals that are alloyed to produce bronze.

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