In archaeology, the Iron Age is the prehistoric period in any area during which cutting tools and weapons

were

mainly made of iron or steel. The adoption of this material coincided with other changes in society, including differing

agricultural practices, religious beliefs and artistic styles.

The Iron Age is the last principal period in the three-age system for classifying ancient societies, preceded by

the Bronze Age and the Stone Age. Its dates and context vary depending on the geographical region. The Iron Age in

each area ends with the beginning of the historical period, i.e. the local production of ample written sources. Thus, for

instance, the British Iron Age ends with the Roman Conquest.

For each indiviual region, the period is very hard to state in years, but the Iron Age corresponds to the stage at which

iron production was the most sophisticated form of metalworking. Iron's hardness, high melting point and the

abundance of iron ore sources made iron more desirable and cheaper than bronze and contributed greatly to its

adoption as the most commonly used metal.

The terms Modern World, Modern Period, New World, Modern Times, Progressive Age, Modern Age,

or Modern Era are recognized by historians as being that period of time commencing after the Middle Ages and

the Early Modern period, after the mid-18th century.

The beginning of the period is marked by the end of the European Renaissance. Exact definition depends on the

specific usage — for example a historian might be referring to the period 1650-, whilst a musician might be referring

to music postdating the romantic era, which would date the beginning of modernity to around 1900.

The modern age may be defined to extend to the present day, or else to conclude with the advent

of postmodernism (which may be dated any time from the 1960s to the early 1980s), again depending on the usage.

In the case where modern is used in a sense which means "before postmodernism", it may refer specifically

to modernism. Another view is that postmodernism may, however, be considered as just the latest development of

modernism itself.

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