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What was the Iron Age?
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What was the Iron Age?

Cheaper than bronze and everywhere underfoot, iron broke the elite's monopoly on metal — and handed power to whoever could swing it.

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Bronze belonged to kings; iron belonged to everyone. The cheapest metal in the earth broke the oldest monopoly in history — and redrew the map of power.

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Cheaper than bronze and everywhere underfoot, iron broke the elite's monopoly on metal — and handed power to whoever could swing it.…

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