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Iron Age
Questions about the iron age
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How did people smelt bronze? | By melting both copper and iron; under intense heat |
| Why was bronze harder to make? | Required two metals that not every state would have. Relying on imports to get the other. |
| why was iron easy to get and make? | It only required one metal, and a hotter furnace to use. |
| How did iron improve trade relationships? | Interconnected both Eurasia and East Mediterranean and West India |
| What is the earliest use of iron working? | Hittites from 1500 BCE to 1177 BCE |
| When did Indians use iron tools? | 1000 BCE |
| When did China invent the cast iron? | 700 BCE |
| What did societies rely on to maintain the fire for iron? | Wood |
| How did an increase in tools led to more mouths to feed | Increased productions meant an increase in food production, leading to a rise in populations |