Changing Landscapes
The collapse of the Bronze Age civilisations was the catalyst for change. Metalsmiths had to learn new skills, populations migrated from what had become arid zones to areas of more clement weather, sacred beliefs became the first religions and attitudes to governance were revised by commoners as well as the elites.
1: The Transition from Bronze to Iron
The Iron Age in the Middle East and eastern Mediterranean didn't begin with a discovery, but with a waste product. The c...
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