Editing Bronze Age (section)

=== Iranian plateau ===
[[File: Elam cool.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|Late 3rd-millennium&nbsp;BCE silver cup from Marvdasht, [[Fars province|Fars]], with linear-Elamite inscription]]
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[[Elam]] was a pre-Iranian ancient civilisation located east of Mesopotamia. In the Middle Bronze Age, Elam consisted of kingdoms on the [[Iranian plateau]], centred in [[Anshan (Persia)|Anshan]]. From the mid-2nd millennium&nbsp;BCE, Elam was centred in [[Susa]] in the [[Khuzestan]] lowlands. Its culture played a crucial role in both the [[Gutian Empire]] and the Iranian [[Achaemenid dynasty]] that succeeded it.

The [[Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex|Oxus civilisation]]<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Dalton |first1=Ormonde Maddock |author-link1=Ormonde Maddock Dalton |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p14VAAAAYAAJ |title=The treasure of the Oxus |last2=Franks |first2=Augustus Wollaston |author-link2=Augustus Wollaston Franks |last3=Read |first3=C. H. |publisher=British Museum |year=1905 |location=London}}</ref> was a Bronze Age Central Asian culture dated {{circa|2300–1700&nbsp;BC|lk=no}}E and centred on the upper [[Amu Darya]] ({{aka|the Oxus}}). In the Early Bronze Age, the culture of the [[Kopet Dag]] oases and [[Altyndepe]] developed a proto-urban society. This corresponds to level IV at [[Namazga-Tepe]]. Altyndepe was a major centre even then. Pottery was wheel-turned. Grapes were grown. The height of this urban development was reached in the Middle Bronze Age {{circa|2300&nbsp;BC|lk=no}}E, corresponding to level V at Namazga-Depe.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Masson |first=V. M. |title=History of civilizations of Central Asia |editor-last=Dani |editor-first=A. H. |volume=The dawn of civilization: earliest times to 700&nbsp;BC |chapter=Bronze Age in Khorasan and Transoxiana |editor-last2=Masson |editor-first2=Vadim Mikhaĭlovich}}</ref> This Bronze Age culture is called the [[Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex]].

The [[Kulli culture]],<ref>Possehl, G. L. (1986)., ''Kulli: An exploration of ancient civilization in Asia''. Durham, North Carolina: Carolina Academic Press.</ref><ref>Piggott, S. (1961). ''Prehistoric India to 1000 B.C.'' Baltimore: Penguin.</ref> similar to that of the [[Indus Valley Civilisation]], was located in southern [[Balochistan]] (Gedrosia) {{circa|2500–2000&nbsp;BC|lk=no}}E. The economy was agricultural. Dams were found in several places, providing evidence for a highly developed water management system.

[[File:Chlorite object Jiroft, Kerman ca. 2500 BCE, Bronze Age I, National Museum of Iran.jpg|thumb|[[Master of Animals]] in [[Chlorite group|chlorite]], [[Jiroft culture]], {{circa|2500&nbsp;BC|lk=no}}E, Bronze Age I, [[National Museum of Iran]]]]
[[Konar Sandal]] is associated with the hypothesized [[Jiroft culture]], a 3rd-millennium&nbsp;BC culture postulated based on a collection of artefacts confiscated in 2001.