- Iron Age, the
- `Iron ,Age, the nounthe period of time when people made tools and weapons from iron, starting around 1500 BC, after the Bronze Age
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Iron Age, the
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Iron Age — n the Iron Age the period of time about 3000 years ago when iron was first used for making tools, weapons etc →↑Bronze Age, ↑Stone Age … Dictionary of contemporary English
Iron Age — the Iron Age the period of time about 3000 years ago when iron was first used for making tools, weapons etc compare Bronze Age, Stone Age … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Iron Age — This article is about the historical / archaeological period known as the Iron Age. For the mythological Iron Age, see Ages of Man. Iron Age This box: view · talk · … Wikipedia
Iron Age Scandinavia — The Pre Roman Iron Age of Northern Europe, 4th century BC 1st century BC … Wikipedia
Iron age — Iron I ron ([imac] [u^]rn), a. [AS. [=i]ren, [=i]sen. See {Iron}, n.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of, or made of iron; consisting of iron; as, an iron bar, dust. [1913 Webster] 2. Resembling iron in color; as, iron blackness. [1913 Webster] 3. Like iron in … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Iron Age India — The Iron Age in the Indian subcontinent succeeds the Late Harappan (Cemetery H) culture, also known as the last phase of the Indus Valley Tradition. There has been fresh evidence for even earlier iron working in India. Technical studies on… … Wikipedia
Iron Age Cold Epoch — The Iron Age Cold Epoch (also referred to as Iron Age climate pessimum or Iron Age neoglaciation) was a period of unusually cold climate in the North Atlantic region, lasting from about 900 BC to about 300 BC, with an especially cold wave in 450… … Wikipedia
Iron Age Pig — The Iron age pig is a hybrid between a wild boar, Sus scrofa and a domestic pig, Sus scrofa domestica in order to reconstruct the European prehistoric pig that existed in ancient Europe thousands of years ago. The project started in the early 80s … Wikipedia
Iron Age — 1590s, originally from Greek and Roman mythology, the last and worst age of the world; the archaeological sense of period in which humans used iron tools and weapons is from 1879 … Etymology dictionary
Iron Age tribes in Britain — The names of the Iron Age tribes in Britain were recorded by Roman and Greek historians and geographers, especially Ptolemy, although information from coin distribution has also shed light on the extents of the territories of the various groups… … Wikipedia
