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Ancient Egypt began to use iron objects centuries before most of Europe, the metal was still rare and prized

Tutankhamun's dagger, for example, was crafted from iron and was probably a diplomatic gift from Mitanni (modern day Syria/Turkey)

Way before your Roman Empire



Extremely rare meteoric iron, yes. So, not a historically significant iron age. Neat and all, but not a big cultural upheaval, making one dagger.


>Way before your Roman Empire

Lmao the one-sided cucumber measuring going on in this whole comment chain.

Like one whole side is interested in talking about the origins of certain _types_ of metalworking and the other is more interested in chest-beating about the technicalities of who did it first.




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