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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Beth-togarmah timePeriod Iron Age
King of Assyria timePeriod Iron Age
Assyrian–Urartian wars era Iron Age
Tabal region (probable) timePeriod Iron Age
subject surface form: Tabal region
Shephelah historicalPeriod Iron Age
Site 1 culturalPeriod Iron Age
Site 23 associatedWithPeriod Iron Age
Site 1 (Thong Hai Hin) era Iron Age
Paddan-aram timePeriod Iron Age
Site 25 period Iron Age
Media historicalEra Iron Age
Median language era Iron Age
Lugus timePeriod Iron Age
Villanovan culture timePeriod Iron Age
this entity surface form: Early Iron Age
Battle of Megiddo timePeriod Iron Age
subject surface form: Battle of Megiddo (609 BCE)
Gyges era Iron Age
Sadyattes ruledIn Iron Age
Alyattes II era Iron Age
Edetani timePeriod Iron Age
King of the Lands timePeriod Iron Age
Ancient Iberia timePeriod Iron Age
Hamath historicalPeriod Iron Age
Cyaxares historicalPeriod Iron Age
Adad-happe era Iron Age
Sîn worshipPeriod Iron Age
ancient Britain timePeriod Iron Age
Astyages era Iron Age
Côa River rockArtPeriod Iron Age
Phoenician shophet timePeriod Iron Age
Ephrath timePeriod Iron Age
Cyrus I timePeriod Iron Age
Illyrian paganism timePeriod Iron Age
Mount Seir timePeriod Iron Age