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Iron Age

Meaning in history, with examples

nounCommon term

In history, Iron Age means: An archaeological period characterized by widespread use of iron for tools and weapons in a particular region.

In Turkish: Demir Çağı

How it is used

Capitalize the name and specify the region; iron did not replace every other material.

Example sentences

  1. The Iron Age workshop contained iron tools as well as bronze ornaments.

    The period name describes a technological pattern, not exclusive use.

  2. Their survey places the hilltop settlement in the local Iron Age.

    The regional qualification avoids assigning identical dates everywhere.

Common collocations

  • Iron Age settlement
  • the early Iron Age
  • Bronze AgeThe period when people made tools and weapons mainly from bronze, an alloy of copper and tin; in the Near East roughly 3300 to 1200 BC.
  • periodizationThe dividing of the past into named periods, such as antiquity and the Middle Ages, and the debate about where the boundaries between them should fall.

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