Iron Age

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The Iron Age was a major prehistoric and early historic era marked by the widespread use of iron tools and weapons, urban growth, and complex societies across regions including the ancient Near East where the Hebrews lived.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological period
historical period
characterizedBy complex societies
development of agriculture
increased warfare
iron tools
iron weapons
long-distance trade
social stratification
urban growth
use of alphabetic writing in many regions
widespread use of iron
distinguishedFrom Bronze Age
Stone Age
follows Bronze Age
hasPart Iron Age self-linksurface differs
surface form: Early Iron Age

Iron Age self-linksurface differs
surface form: Late Iron Age

Middle Iron Age
occursIn British Isles
Alpine Celtic culture
surface form: Celtic Europe

Central Europe
East Asia
Levant region
surface form: Levant

Scandinavia
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
Greek Antiquity
surface form: ancient Greece

ancient Italy
Ancient Mediterranean world
surface form: ancient Near East
overlapsWith Archaic Greece
Roman Kingdom
period of the Achaemenid Empire
period of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
period of the Neo-Babylonian Empire
period of the ancient Hebrews
precedes Ancient Mediterranean world
surface form: Classical Antiquity
timeSpanApproximateEnd 1st millennium BCE in much of the Mediterranean
timeSpanApproximateStart late 2nd millennium BCE in the Near East
typicalEconomy agrarian economy
craft specialization
metalworking
typicalSociety chiefdoms
early states
empires
typicalTechnology bloomery iron smelting
forging
quenching and tempering of iron
usedMaterial iron
steel

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Gibeah timePeriod Iron Age
this entity surface form: Iron Age Levant
Neriglissar historicalPeriod Iron Age
Picenum timePeriod Iron Age
Germanic Iron Age partOf Iron Age
Sebaste archaeologicalPeriod Iron Age
Holmbury Hill usedDuring Iron Age
Illyrians timePeriod Iron Age
Thracians timePeriod Iron Age
Asherah worshipPeriod Iron Age
Transjordanian territories of Israel historicalPeriod Iron Age
this entity surface form: Iron Age Levant
annals of Sargon II historicalPeriod Iron Age
subject surface form: Annals of Sargon II
land of Moab timePeriod Iron Age
Su Nuraxi di Barumini period Iron Age
Amman Citadel locatedInTime Iron Age
Lusitanians timePeriod Iron Age
Latins timePeriod Iron Age
Gilead timePeriod Iron Age
Tribe of Dan timePeriod Iron Age
this entity surface form: Iron Age Levant
Elamite era Iron Age
Veii era Iron Age
Tribe of Benjamin timePeriod Iron Age
this entity surface form: Iron Age Levant
Veneti timePeriod Iron Age
Falisci historicalPeriod Iron Age
Umbrians timePeriod Iron Age
Karnak Temple Complex era Iron Age
Lepontic Celts timePeriod Iron Age
Tessin historicalPeriod Iron Age
Lydia timePeriod Iron Age
Golden Age precedes Iron Age
Golden Age contrastedWith Iron Age
Moabites flourishedDuring Iron Age
Moab existedDuring Iron Age
Ages of Man hasPart Iron Age
Ages of Man moralValuation Iron Age
this entity surface form: Iron Age is worst
Ages of Man relatedConcept Iron Age
Sicels locatedInTime Iron Age
Paeligni timePeriod Iron Age
Abinadab timePeriod Iron Age
this entity surface form: Iron Age Levant
Shephatiah timePeriod Iron Age
Ecbatana historicalPeriod Iron Age
Scythia timePeriod Iron Age
Tell es-Sultan hasPeriod Iron Age
city of Gezer timePeriod Iron Age
subject surface form: Gezer
Cladh Hallan archaeologicalPeriod Iron Age
this entity surface form: Early Iron Age