c. 1700 - 1028 BCE
Lead
Arsenical bronze
3rd millennium BCECycladicSteel
17th-18th centuryIndianWatered steel, gold
17th centuryPersianBronze with turquoise inlay
14th-11th century BCEChineseBronze, silver rivets
2nd millennium BCEMinoanLead
3rd century BCEEgyptianMetal
18th centuryIndianCopper
12th-10th century BCEIranianIron
JapaneseBronze
11th-8th century BCEChinese