What is Iron Age period?

The Iron Age was a period in human history that started between 1200 B.C. and 600 B.C., depending on the region, and followed the Stone Age and Bronze Age. During the Iron Age, people across much of Europe, Asia and parts of Africa began making tools and weapons from iron and steel.

Are we still in the Iron Age?

There are very few references to iron (σιδηρος) in Homer: this is the Bronze Age after all, or rather a tale of the Bronze Age. Our current archaeological three-age system – Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age – ends in the same place, and suggests that we haven’t yet left the iron age.

Why is it called the Iron Age?

The Iron Age was a prehistoric, archaeological era that existed from around 1200 BC to 100 BC (the 12th to 1st Centuries Before Christ). During the Iron Age, iron material was commonly used to make tools, so the era was named after it.

Who were the iron Ages?

The Romans called the people of Iron Age Britain ‘Britons’ and the island of Britain ‘Britannia’, that is, ‘land of the Britons’. The Britons had many ways of life in common with other peoples living in western Europe, who the Romans called Celts or Gauls.

How was the Iron Age changed the world?

Iron changed the world because it allowed taller and larger buildings to be built, longer and safer bridges to be built, and architects to invite new cheaper and safer ways to help advance transportation. Iron originally boomed in Europe during the industrial development age from 1850 to 1914, but iron originated in China.

Where did the Iron Age start?

The Iron Age began around 1200 B.C. in the Mediterranean region and Near East with the collapse of several prominent Bronze Age civilizations, including the Mycenaean civilization in Greece and the Hittite Empire in Turkey.

How did people make iron in the Iron Age?

In the first century CE, around the end of the Iron Age, iron swords were made by heating and twisting together several strips or rods of iron. This process was called pattern welding. Iron was found in rocks called iron ore. Iron ore had a reddish color caused by rust (iron oxide).

What was life like in the Iron Age?

Most Iron Age people worked and lived on small farms and their lives were governed by the changing of the seasons. Grain was stored in granaries or in underground vaults. Meat or fish could be preserved by salting or smoking.