Bronze and Iron AgesEconomy & Trade Uluburun shipwreck c. 1,300 BCENotable A sunken ship off Turkey carries copper, tin, glass and ivory from across the Mediterranean world. ▲ MattersSaveShareTrace roots Longest chain: The Big Bang → First stars ignite → Supernovae seed heavy elements → The Sun forms → Earth forms → First oceans → First life → Photosynthesis evolves → Great Oxidation Event → Complex cells (eukaryotes) → Multicellular life → First animals → Cambrian Explosion → First vertebrates → Jawed fish → Fish walk onto land → The amniotic egg → The Great Dying → Dinosaurs appear → Asteroid ends the dinosaurs → Early primates → Apes split from monkeys → Human line splits from chimpanzees → Walking upright → First stone tools → Genus Homo appears → Homo erectus → Control of fire → Habitual fire and cooking → Homo sapiens appears → First seagoing watercraft → Sailing boats → Uluburun shipwreck Community notesLoading notes… Learn more ranked by votesBookEric H. Cline1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed ↗Editor's pickVideoSearch on YouTubeUluburun shipwreck Bronze Age trade ↗Editor's pick