Definition of iron age Iron age

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What does iron age mean?

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iron age - (archeology) the period following the Bronze Age; characterized by rapid spread of iron tools and weapons
		prehistoric culture, prehistory the time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written word
iron age - (classical mythology) the last and worst age of the world
		period of time, time period, period an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"

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iron age
The stage in the development of any people in which tools and weapons whose main ingredient was iron were prominent.

The Iron Age was a time in history after people began to use iron tools. Before this, they had used bronze or stone tools. Most of Europe, Africa and Asia reached the Iron Age by 500 BC. In Europe, it is a period of prehistory, because Iron Age people did not write their history down.

Iron is easy to find, but hard to make tools with. It melts at a higher temperature than bronze. The people who learned how to make iron tools were able to make many of them. This meant that people's behaviours changed. For example, more people could own a metal plough. They could farm their fields better and grow more crops. Some people invented coins to help buy and sell their crops and their iron tools. And of course, bronze weapons and armor were no match for those made out of iron, so many peoples who did not have iron were conquered by those who did. Armour was very important for medieval people.

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