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The '''Iron Age''' refers to that time in a culture when its tools, utensils and weapons are primarily manufactured from iron.

The '''Iron Age''' refers to that time in a culture when its tools, utensils and weapons are primarily manufactured from iron.

Smelted iron in the form of meteoritic particles were valued and used in ancient times as adornment. Sometime before 1600BC the technology required to smelt iron ore was developed within the Hittite lands in northern Anatolia (Turkey). With the downfall of the Hittite Empire, circa 1100BC, the knowledge spread, and iron soon replaced bronze for tools and weapons. Whilst the technology is more difficult, iron ore is far more abundant in the earth.

Smelted iron in the form of meteoritic particles were valued and used in ancient times as adornment. Sometime before 1600BC the technology required to smelt iron ore was developed within the Hittite lands in northern Anatolia (Turkey). With the downfall of the Hittite Empire, circa 1100BC, the knowledge spread, and iron soon replaced bronze for tools and weapons. Whilst the technology is more difficult, iron ore is far more abundant in the [[earth]].

Iron was in common use in the Middle East and the Mediterranean basin by not long after 1000BC, and spread to the rest of Eurasia in the following centuries.

Iron was in common use in the Middle East and the Mediterranean basin by not long after 1000BC, and spread to the rest of Eurasia in the following centuries.