Life In The First Gilded Age

 I continued along the path.

The age of metal changed society significantly, as people began to extract metal from the earth and learn how to work it. It became the Copper Age, and if you controlled the supply of precious metals in your area, you grew more powerful.

This display case features replica and original copper axe heads- the left of each pair being the replica and the right being the original. Copper starts out gleaming, but the gleam fades.

These ceramic models are from the period, depicting homes. At bottom, items of a gold hoard.

More gold.

A mix of items from the Yamnaya, a tribe of nomads that came into the area 6000 years ago. Animal sceptres, plates, jugs, or hair rings are seen here.

The copper age began significantly changing things, with trade routes growing. This ceramic wagon represents the sort that would have travelled those routes.