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Modern archaeological evidence identifies the start of large-scale global iron production about 1200 BC, marking the end of the Bronze Age. The Iron Age in Europe is often considered as a part of the Bronze Age collapse in the ancient Near East.
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The Iron Age began around 1200 B.C. in the Mediterranean region and Near East with the collapse of several prominent Bronze Age civilizations, including the Mycenaean civilizationin Greece and the Hittite Empire in Turkey. Ancient cities including Troy and Gaza were destroyed, trade routes were lost and literacy declined throughout the region. The ...
Greece had become a major hub of activity and culture on the Mediterranean during the late Bronze Age. The Mycenaean civilization was rich in material wealth from trade. Mycenaeans built large palaces and a society with strict class hierarchy. But around 1200 B.C. Mycenaean Greece collapsed. Greece entered a period of turmoil sometimes called the G...
During the Iron Age in the Near East, nomadic pastoralists who raised sheep, goats and cattle on the Iranian plateau began to develop a state that would become known as Persia. The Persians established their empire at a time after humans had learned to make steel. Steel weapons were sharper and stronger than earlier bronze or stone weapons. The anc...
Life in Iron Age Europe was primarily rural and agricultural. Iron tools made farming easier. Celtslived across most of Europe during the Iron Age. The Celts were a collection of tribes with origins in central Europe. They lived in small communities or clans and shared a similar language, religious beliefs, traditions and culture. It’s believed tha...
People throughout much of Celtic Europe lived in hill forts during the Iron Age. Walls and ditches surrounded the forts, and warriors defended hill forts against attacks by rival clans. Inside the hill forts, families lived in simple, round houses made of mud and wood with thatched roofs. They grew crops and kept livestock, including goats, sheep, ...
Hundreds of bog bodiesdating back to the Iron Age have been discovered across Northern Europe. Bog bodies are corpses that have been naturally mummified or preserved in peat bogs. Examples of Iron Age bog bodies include the Tollund Man, found in Denmark, and the Gallagh Man from Ireland. The mysterious bog bodies appear to have at least one thing i...
Greek Dark Age; Ancient History Encyclopedia. Overview; Iron Age, 800 BC - AD 43; BBC. Bog Bodies of the Iron Age; PBS.
Oct 16, 2024 · The date of the full Iron Age, in which this metal, for the most part, replaced bronze in implements and weapons, varied geographically, beginning in the Middle East and southeastern Europe about 1200 BCE but in China not until about 600 BCE.
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Around 800 BC people in Britain learned how to use iron. This discovery had a dramatic impact on everyday life. Iron tools made farming much easier than before and settlements grew in size.
Feb 28, 2011 · The period known as the Iron Age lasted in Britain for about 800 years (from c.750 BC to AD 43). The changes and technological innovations that occurred during this time were every bit as...
Feb 28, 2011 · The Iron Age of the British Isles covers the period from about 800 BC to the Roman invasion of 43 AD, and follows on from the Bronze Age. As the name implies, the Iron Age saw the gradual...
Timeline. c. 1380 BCE. First instances of iron working in the Hittite Empire. c. 1100 BCE - c. 600 BCE. Iron Age Development, public buildings erected at the Agora in Athens. 1000 BCE. Iron working in southern Europe. c. 800 BCE - c. 600 BCE. The Early Iron Age Hallstatt culture is at its peak in central Europe. 750 BCE.
