The diet of the iron age people consisted of crops such as wheat, barley, peas and beans. They also consumed meat like cattle, sheep and pigs.... View Article
Iron technology was impactful in the sense that it enabled for the creation of tools and weapons at a cheaper rate. In fact an abundance of iron... View Article
Civilisations across Europe, Asia and some parts of Africa began adopting iron and created tools and weapons from the metal. For further reading... View Article
The widespread use of iron led to many technological advancements in human society, particularly when it came to weapon making and farming. For... View Article
The widespread use of iron led to the development of improved steel-making technologies at an even lower cost. Thus iron and steel tools became... View Article
Some of the main characteristics of the iron age are as follows: Mass production of weapons made from iron and steel Large cities began to... View Article
Iron was far more durable and stronger than copper or bronze. A variety of tools such as axes, ploughs, sickles, shovels, spears etc could be... View Article
Iron was widely used in the iron age because it was the most durable of all the metals such as copper and bronze that were in use before. For... View Article
The iron age helped in the technological advancement of many civilisations. Metalworking made farming easier as iron tools were more durable than... View Article
The method of tempering was invented during the iron age. Tempering is a process of heat treating, which is used to increase the toughness of... View Article
In the Iron Age, human civilisations across Europe, Asia and parts of Africa began making tools and weapons using iron. The use of iron led to... View Article
Early humans used to extract iron from ores and mines. The impurities were removed by slagging and the pure iron was smelted to make tools and... View Article
As per archaeological evidence, iron was discovered and first put to use by Hittites of ancient Anatolia around 5000 and 3000 BC. They pounded... View Article
The earliest known use of iron dates back to around 3000 BC - 2500 BC. One of the earliest evidence of smelted iron dates back to 2500 BC which... View Article
Archaeological evidence suggests that the Hittite civilisation of modern-day Turkey was the first to make use of iron-smelting techniques and may... View Article
The Iron Age gets its name from the fact that iron was widely adopted around 1200 BC as a tool and weapon For further reading check the... View Article
Iron was found in rocks called iron ores. The ores were melted at high temperatures to extract the iron within it. This was called smelting. The... View Article
The Iron Age ended when human culture advanced to new levels. In some instances, the iron age ended when a civilisation still in its wake was... View Article
The time period of the iron age varied as per geography, for instance in the Middle East and southeastern Europe the iron age began in 1200 B.C... View Article
The time period of the Iron Age varies from civilization to civilization. As per conventional records the Iron Age in the Near East lasted from... View Article
