Iron Age
The most recent and debased of the four or five classical Ages of ManThe most recent and debased of the four or five classical Ages of Man; hence, any period characterized by wicked behavior.
» The earliest known pocketknives date to at least the early Iron Age.
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3 sensesThe most recent and debased of the four or five classical Ages of Man; hence, any period characterized by wicked behavior.
желе́зный векželéznyj vek
An age characterized by the use of iron.
A level of culture in which humans used iron and the technology of ironworking. (Estimated to have begun in Europe about 1100 BC)
Eisenzeit
желе́зный векželéznyj vek
Examples
3 sentencesThe earliest known pocketknives date to at least the early Iron Age.
The Bronze Age came before the Iron Age, but after the Stone Age.
The bronze cuirass was found in a tomb dating to the Iron Age.
Translations
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Origin
From iron + age, in the mythological sense a calque of Latin saecula ferrea, aetas ferrea;From iron + age, in the mythological sense a calque of Latin saecula ferrea, aetas ferrea; in the archaeological sense a calque of Danish jernalder.
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