The Copper Age: When Metallurgy Came to Rule the World

By Aleksa Vučković – Ancient Origins

The so-called Chalcolithic – or the Copper Age – is one of the great eras of cultural development, fitting into the main framework of man’s crucial steps towards civilization. This period introduced copper into the metalworking industry, ushering the world into a wholly new phase, and paving the way towards the use of bronze. As such, it is a crucial period in the timeline of the history of mankind as the use of copper opened up new options and changed the course for the future.