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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Remarkably, archaeologists also found two roundhouses from the Iron Age — which may date back as far as 3,000 years.
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Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Blacksmiths have relied on the softening glow of the forge since the Iron Age, and Metallurgy 101 dictates that thermal energy makes atoms slide past each other with ease.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 Feb. 2026
At the beginning of the Iron Age, Phoenicians set out westwards, searching for valuable natural resources to be brought back and traded in the urbanized world of the eastern Mediterranean.
—Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
Dating back to the Iron Age, bells were worn around the necks of grazing livestock to ward off predators and to keep their owners aware of their whereabouts.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2026
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Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Blacksmiths have relied on the softening glow of the forge since the Iron Age, and Metallurgy 101 dictates that thermal energy makes atoms slide past each other with ease.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 Feb. 2026
At the beginning of the Iron Age, Phoenicians set out westwards, searching for valuable natural resources to be brought back and traded in the urbanized world of the eastern Mediterranean.
—Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
Dating back to the Iron Age, bells were worn around the necks of grazing livestock to ward off predators and to keep their owners aware of their whereabouts.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2026
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