Technology During the Iron Age

Iron Age The Iron age started in different dates everywhere since it spread slowly. It helped in many ways: culturally, politically, socially, and economically.

Cultural Impact During the Iron Age people started to create new inventions to make the agricultural and easy work. They started to make tools like vases to store food, seeds, and different types of grasses. People also started to use plows which helped break the hard dirt more efficiently and helped to expand the dirt for more space for cultivation.

Cultural Impact Continued Since the inventions of agricultural tools spread, new people adapted to it quickly. People started to cultivate more food quicker and more efficiently which created larger settlements than before. Since there started to be a large amount of large settlements the population of the continent grew dramatically throughout all of Europe.

Social Impact Many people started to use iron in many ways. A lot of people started to use it for decorations for their houses. They made then into plates or a figure. They also made jewelry out of for the women. They mostly made necklaces and bracelets.

Political Impact Since people started to make better tools, they started to do the same with weapons. They noticed that iron weapons were better than bronze weapons. Since settlements started to have better weapons, some started to conquer. Those who had iron weapons had military dominance.

Economic Impact Since iron weapons and tools became really popular throughout Europe, people started to make them and sell them to farmers or military men. This helped the economy of those who sold because people bought tools to make food that were sold for everyone in that settlement.

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MLA Cited Sources Morrison, Colleen. "Iron Age Inventions | EHow." EHow. Demand Media, 01 Dec. 2008. Web. 27 Aug. 2013. <http://www.ehow.com/about_7238048_iron-age-inventions.html>.