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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Ammon flourishedDuring Iron Age
Bethel timePeriod Iron Age
Lachish period Iron Age
Tel Dan period Iron Age
Pen Dinas usedDuringPeriod Iron Age
the Norici tribe timePeriod Iron Age
subject surface form: Norici
Osorkon II era Iron Age
Kalhu timePeriod Iron Age
Ateste timePeriod Iron Age
Altinum locatedInTime Iron Age
Este culture partOf Iron Age
this entity surface form: European Iron Age
Reitia worshipPeriod Iron Age
Raeti timePeriod Iron Age
Vindelicia timePeriod Iron Age
Este alphabet timePeriod Iron Age
Raetic people timePeriod Iron Age
Iceni timePeriod Iron Age
Pazyryk culture timePeriod Iron Age
Messapians timePeriod Iron Age
Pannonians timePeriod Iron Age
Arados historicalPeriod Iron Age
Aradus timePeriod Iron Age
Arvad historicalPeriod Iron Age
Zarephath (biblical town) timePeriod Iron Age
subject surface form: Zarephath
Norici locatedInTimePeriod Iron Age
Insubres timePeriod Iron Age
Lepontine Gaul timePeriod Iron Age
Fertile Crescent timePeriod Iron Age
Halab hasHistoricalPeriod Iron Age
Philistia flourishedInPeriod Iron Age
Carian culture timePeriod Iron Age
Carians timePeriod Iron Age
Gordium locatedInTime Iron Age
Site 2 period Iron Age
Van Fortress timePeriod Iron Age
Phrygians timePeriod Iron Age
שְׁכֶם hasArchaeologicalLayersFrom Iron Age
subject surface form: שכם
Anatolian paganism timePeriod Iron Age
Iron Age II partOf Iron Age
Meshech timePeriod Iron Age
Tubal associatedPeriod Iron Age
this entity surface form: Iron Age Near East
Cush timePeriod Iron Age