Iron Age
After bronze, before
The Iron Age is the period of human history when iron became the dominant material for tools and weapons, following the Bronze Age.
In Europe and the Near East, this began around 1200 BCE.
More broadly, iron age describes any society's transition to iron technology.
Figuratively, an iron age suggests a harsh or degraded era, from the ancient Greek myth of declining ages from gold to iron.
Extracting metal from ore
- forgeFurnace for shaping metal
- anvilMetal-shaping block
- blacksmithIron-shaping craftsperson
- bloomeryIron-producing furnace
furnace · ore · charcoal · slag · bellows · tongs · hammer · quenching
Ancient Indo-European tribal group
- GaulsAncient Western European peoples
- Germanic tribesAncient northern European peoples
- ScythiansAncient Eurasian steppe people
- ThraciansAncient Balkan inhabitants
Iberians · Picts · Goths · Britons · Etruscans · Phoenicians · Assyrians · Hittites
Fortified hilltop enclosures
- settlementsEstablished communities or agreements
- agricultureCultivation of land, livestock
- tribesAncestral social groups
- warfareArmed conflict between groups
fortifications · trade · barter · weaving · animal husbandry · grain storage · roundhouses · cremation
Hilted fighting blade
- spearPole with sharp point
- spearheadLead an effort
- shieldHandheld defensive armor
- helmetProtective head covering
torc · brooch · fibula · cauldron · plowshare · sickle · axehead · arrowhead
Before documented civilization
- classical antiquityGreco-Roman historical period
- La TèneLate Iron Age culture
- antiquityGreat age, ancient era
- HellenisticOf post-Alexander Greek civilization
smelting
Extracting metal from ore
- forgeFurnace for shaping metal
- anvilMetal-shaping block
- blacksmithIron-shaping craftsperson
bloomery · furnace · ore · charcoal · slag · bellows · tongs · hammer · quenching · tempering
Celts
Ancient Indo-European tribal group
- GaulsAncient Western European peoples
- Germanic tribesAncient northern European peoples
- ScythiansAncient Eurasian steppe people
Thracians · Iberians · Picts · Goths · Britons · Etruscans · Phoenicians · Assyrians · Hittites · Nubians
hillforts
Fortified hilltop enclosures
- settlementsEstablished communities or agreements
- agricultureCultivation of land, livestock
- tribesAncestral social groups
warfare · fortifications · trade · barter · weaving · animal husbandry · grain storage · roundhouses · cremation · burial mounds
sword
Hilted fighting blade
helmet · torc · brooch · fibula · cauldron · plowshare · sickle · axehead · arrowhead · scabbard
prehistoric
Before documented civilization
- classical antiquityGreco-Roman historical period
- La TèneLate Iron Age culture
- antiquityGreat age, ancient era
- ironferrous, ferric, ferrite, hematite, magnetite
- Historical AgesDark Ages, Middle Ages, Neolithic, Paleolithic, Mesolithic
- historical erasMiddle Ages, Renaissance, Victorian era, Medieval, Tudor era
- Anatolian historyAnatolia, Hittites, Hittite, Troy, Ephesus
- Ancient LevantCanaan, Canaanites, Phoenicia, Phoenicians, Levant
- British PrehistoryStonehenge, stone circles, henges, hill forts, burial mounds
Iron AgeStone Age
Era of knapped tools
Bronze Age · Paleolithic · Neolithic · Copper Age · Digital Age
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