Iron Age

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archaeological period historical period

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.

Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
Iron Age Levant	10
Early Iron Age	1
Iron Age I	1
Iron Age II	1
Iron Age Transjordanian kingdoms	1
Iron Age in South Asia	1
Late Iron Age	1

Statements (49)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (79)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Italic peoples → timePeriod → Iron Age ⓘ

Jebus → timePeriod → Iron Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iron Age I

Lamon → timePeriod → Iron Age ⓘ

Latins → timePeriod → Iron Age ⓘ

Lepontic Celts → timePeriod → Iron Age ⓘ

Lepontii → timePeriod → Iron Age ⓘ

Ligurians → timePeriod → Iron Age ⓘ

Lusitanians → timePeriod → Iron Age ⓘ

Phoenician civilization → timePeriod → Iron Age ⓘ

Phoenician religion → timePeriod → Iron Age ⓘ

Picenum → timePeriod → Iron Age ⓘ

Plain of Jars → timePeriod → Iron Age ⓘ

Raetic language → timePeriod → Iron Age ⓘ

Samaria → timePeriod → Iron Age ⓘ