the Iron Age
noun
: a period of time between about 3000 B.C. and 1000 B.C. in which people used iron to make weapons and tools
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The region has a distinct identity shaped by centuries of history, from the Iron Age and Roman rule to Anglo-Saxon and Viking influences.
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Emese MacZko, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
But Young says the tire is from the Iron Age, which lasted from around 500 B.C.E. to 500 C.E. in Scotland.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2025
The wheel, likely dating to the Iron Age, was part of a burial offering, suggesting the importance of the individual buried there.
—Stories By Real-Time News Team, With Ai Summarization, Miami Herald, 25 Apr. 2025
Cassel Location: Hauts-de-France; 45 minutes from Lille 2018 winner
This fortified hilltop village, with its origins going back to the Iron Age, has borne the brunt of a millennium-old geopolitical tug of war.
—Mary Winston Nicklin, AFAR Media, 7 Apr. 2025
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Emese MacZko, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
But Young says the tire is from the Iron Age, which lasted from around 500 B.C.E. to 500 C.E. in Scotland.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2025
The wheel, likely dating to the Iron Age, was part of a burial offering, suggesting the importance of the individual buried there.
—Stories By Real-Time News Team, With Ai Summarization, Miami Herald, 25 Apr. 2025
Cassel Location: Hauts-de-France; 45 minutes from Lille 2018 winner
This fortified hilltop village, with its origins going back to the Iron Age, has borne the brunt of a millennium-old geopolitical tug of war.
—Mary Winston Nicklin, AFAR Media, 7 Apr. 2025
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