c. 2600 BCE–c. 1900 BCE
Bronze Age networks between Mesopotamia, the Gulf, and the Indus
Trade & global routes · Materias primas · Redes marítimas · Caravanas · Edad del Bronce
Bronze Age objects and raw materials support movement by land and sea routes between southern Mesopotamia, the Persian Gulf, Iran, and the Indus Valley. The Metropolitan Museum cautions that distances are great and the evidence sparse and contradictory; this entry therefore records material connections, not proven direct voyages between every endpoint or a uniformly integrated economy.
Precision, calendar, and review
- Start
- year · approximate
- End
- year · approximate
- Calendar and convention
- Historical-era years; the source calendar is not identified. No conversion of days is assumed.
- Year zero
- The scale goes from 1 BCE to 1 CE without year zero. Changing era names changes labels only.
- Documentary review
- Date not recorded
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Sources
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Source provenance and scope
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- 2026-09-23
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