The Iron Age and growing states
1200 BC to 500 BC, about 700 years
Iron tools and weapons spread, and kingdoms and empires grow larger.
The twelve eras, each step to the right ten times closer to today.
Meanwhile, around the world
The 3 places on this site that we know from this era. Today’s coastlines.
Region by region
Africa
Nothing written here yet. This is a gap in the archive, not in history.
The Americas
Nothing written here yet. This is a gap in the archive, not in history.
Asia
- About 1200 BCLady Hao is buried at Anyang
- About 1041 BCThe Shang dynasty ends
- about 1250 BCAnyang, China
Europe
- Around the ninth century BCMust Farm burns
The Middle East
Nothing written here yet. This is a gap in the archive, not in history.
Oceania
Nothing written here yet. This is a gap in the archive, not in history.
