The Copper Age, a term sometimes used to refer to the time between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age, when copper (without the addition of tin to make the alloy bronze) was being used along with stone tools. This covers the period 2500BCE to 2100BCE in Britain. See 'The Chronology of the Stone Age'.
Chalcolithic
Fact of the Day
Philip II of France decided on his wedding day that he didn't like his wife. So he sent her to a nunnery and ordered her to stay there.
Quote of the Day
"They have done for me at last, Hardy.
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~ Nelson, at the Battle of Trafalgar
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