The Iron Age is generally the term used to describe the era after the Bronze Age. It is said to be from about 1200 BC to the rise of the Roman Empire in about the year 27 B.C.
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Devoted to the Iron Age, this website gives data about the Iron Age, which it breaks into two subsections. The discussion is about what was going on in the world at that time and what discoveries in modern times lets us know about such things. It focuses on various ethnic groups during that time, including the Israelites, the Philistines and sea peoples, Canaanites, Phoenicians, and Egyptians.
http://www.bu.edu/anep/Ir.html
The topic of this website is the state of near constant war which was the Iron Age, the weapons of war, which were made due to the discovery and use of iron, and how the armies functioned.
http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/gabrmetz/gabr0008.htm
Scientists Trace Violent Death of Iron Age Man
Discusses at length a skull and brain which archaeologists recently unearthed and what they are learning from studying it. The man likely was hanged and then decapitated after his death and his head was buried separately from his body, and examination by various means, including CT scans, tell us much about the era.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110328101108.htm
The home page of a re-enactment society which interprets the history of the Iron Age lays out details about its events as well as archaeological information and living history.
http://www.vicus.org.uk/
