Dates are approximate, consult particular article for details Prehistoric (or Proto-historic) Iron Age Historic Iron Age See more

In Central Europe, the Iron Age is generally divided in the early Iron Age Hallstatt culture (HaC and D, 800–450 BC) and the late Iron Age La Tène culture (beginning in 450 BC). The transition from bronze to iron in Central Europe is exemplified in the … See more

• Hallstatt 'C' swords; generally iron swords are longer than bronze ones.
• Greek krater imported to southern France around 500 BC See more

In Southern Europe climates, forests consisted of open evergreen and pine forests. After slash and burn techniques these forests had … See more

The early first millennium BC marks the Iron Age in Eastern Europe. In the Pontic steppe and the Caucasus region, the Iron Age begins with the See more

Phoenicians, Carthaginians and Assyrians
The Phoenicians originally expanded from Canaan ports, dominating trade in the Mediterranean by the 8th century BC. Carthage was … See more

The early Iron Age forms of Scandinavia show no traces of Roman influence, though such influences become abundant toward the middle of the period. The duration of the Iron Age is variously estimated according to how its commencement is … See more