The article simply uses the term in the title so it can discuss it. Historians prefer the Middle Ages or the Medieval Period. Since this is relatively Europe-c

The article simply uses the term in the title so it can discuss it. Historians prefer the Middle Ages or the Medieval Period. Since this is relatively Europe-centric, historians are trying to go in the direction of "global Medieval studies", to form connections among various regions of the world. Our periodization is largely Eurocentric. The very long lineage of metallic/tool-based terms like the Bronze Age run into the obvious problem that bronze arrived in different regions at different times.