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 Early Iron Age
linked to: Iron Age

Late Iron Age
linked to: Iron Age

Middle Iron Age
occursIn British Isles
Celtic Europe
Central Europe
East Asia
Levant
linked to: Levant region

Scandinavia
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
ancient Greece
linked to: Greek Antiquity

ancient Italy
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 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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Hebrews historicalPeriod Iron Age
Raetic language timePeriod Iron Age
Iron Age hasPart Early Iron Age
linked to: Iron Age
Iron Age hasPart Late Iron Age
linked to: Iron Age
Indo-Europeans timePeriod Iron Age
Canaan timePeriod Iron Age
Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel timePeriod Iron Age II
linked to: Iron Age
scribes of Judah timePeriod Iron Age Levant
linked to: Iron Age
Italic peoples timePeriod Iron Age
Etruria timePeriod Iron Age
North Picene era Iron Age
Vedic period chronologicalContext Iron Age in South Asia
linked to: Iron Age
Gaul timePeriod Iron Age
Moabite geographicContext Iron Age Transjordanian kingdoms
linked to: Iron Age
Ligurians timePeriod Iron Age
Samaria timePeriod Iron Age Levant
linked to: Iron Age
Byblos timeDepth Iron Age
Sidon timePeriod Iron Age
Ammonite usedInPeriod Iron Age
Bubastis timePeriod Iron Age
Akkadian historicalPeriod Iron Age
Latium historicalPeriod Iron Age
Baal worshipPeriod Iron Age
Eshmun cultPeriod Iron Age Levant
linked to: Iron Age
Veneti people timePeriod Iron Age
Jebus timePeriod Iron Age I
linked to: Iron Age
Ancient Israel timePeriod Iron Age
Lamon timePeriod Iron Age
Snettisham Hoard culture Iron Age
subject linked to: Snettisham
Haran flourishedDuring Iron Age
Arwad era Iron Age
Lepontii timePeriod Iron Age
Megiddo hasHistoricalPeriod Iron Age
Shechem periodOfOccupation Iron Age
Yahwism timePeriod Iron Age Levant
linked to: Iron Age
Late Bronze Age precedes Iron Age
Israelites timePeriod Iron Age Levant
linked to: Iron Age
Astarte timePeriod Iron Age
Plain of Jars timePeriod Iron Age
Siege of Jerusalem (587–586 BCE) historicalPeriod Iron Age Levant
linked to: Iron Age
Median Empire era Iron Age
Riblah historicalPeriod Iron Age