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Iron Age
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Iron Age
(noun)
Iron Age
noun
Iron Age
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of IRON AGE
the Iron Age
:
a period of time between about 3000 B.C. and 1000 B.C. in which people used iron to make weapons and tools
The Iron Age
followed the Bronze Age.
an
Iron Age
tool
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bronze age
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stone age
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