Iron Age Society

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The wider access to iron tools along with weapons caused extensive changes in various societies. Notable agricultural performance increased population growth which drove settlements to develop into bigger organized communities (Harding, 2014). Many Iron Age societies adopted urbanization as their central characteristic while their cities evolved into fortified political and economic centers. Empires and kingdoms including Rome and the Chinese Zhou Dynasty combined iron weaponry for territorial growth and enforcement of their political power through iron weaponry (Britannica, 2025). The social classes among people expanded in complexity when iron trade and production created both smithery professions and merchant positions (Evans, 2013)