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Bronze Age Anatolia

Okay kiddo, so a long long time ago, there was a time period called the Bronze Age. During this time, people started to figure out how to use copper and tin to create a new type of metal called bronze. This new type of metal was much stronger than copper or tin alone.

Now, Anatolia is a place that we now call Turkey, and during the Bronze Age, there were some very important civilizations that lived there. One of these civilizations was called the Hittites. They were really good at working with bronze and they used it to make all kinds of things like weapons, tools and even jewelry.

The Hittites were also really good at making chariots, which are vehicles that were pulled by horses. They used these chariots to go to war with other civilizations and try to expand their territory.

Other civilizations also lived in Anatolia during the Bronze Age, like the Luwians and the Trojans. They had their own languages and cultures, but they also used bronze to make things.

So basically, during the Bronze Age in Anatolia, people were discovering how to make bronze and they used it to make all kinds of useful things. Different groups of people had their own cultures and languages, but they all used bronze to improve their lives.