The Iron Age marks the era of the development in technology, when iron came into existence
and begun general use. Known as the last stage in the archaeological three-stage system sequence:
Stone Age, Bronze Age, and Stone Age. Many societies in the Eastern Hemisphere were among many
entering into the “Iron Age”. In this age people believed in life after death, they also had a strong
assortment of weapons. They also improved methods for transportation.
Beginning to use iron instead of bronze (steel) to produce weapons and tools. Iron posed many
definite advantages not only in technology, but also military advantages when it came to conquering,
invading, or even destroying a city. The Hittites' were the first to find that iron made better weapons
and tools then the bronze material, because the iron was heated it proved to be stronger and longer
lasting. As time pasted they advanced such findings, and by not sharing their knowledge it provided
military and economic advantages over other cities. The Hittites are considered by historians to be the
first founders to develop the technique for making tools/weapons of the iron material. Iron v. Bronze:
Bronze could be melted and poured into molds which caused them to become brittle. While Iron could
be heated slowly and hammered into shape, then sunk in cold water to prevent weakening. In making
the iron“ they'd heat the ore until it was soft enough to shape, pounded it to remove impurities, and then
plunged it into cold water to harden.” They held capital in Anatolia, they also had access to copper,
silver , and iron deposits.
The Hyksos had the best advantages over the Egyptians, when it came to military technologie...
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and to stay ahead of the competition the saved some of the best kept secrets for themselves which in the
end proved to be beneficial.
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At the time when humans were learning to use spears constructed out of sticks and stones and the
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...tions to trade. For example, the Phoenecians used sand from their beaches and advanced techniques that were the first of their kind to create blown glasswork that has been said to even rival the
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...l presented polluting influences, so new innovation must be imagined to dispose of them. Wrought iron was not effectively produced from mineral fuel pig iron until the center of the eighteenth century.
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