Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

Iron Age

The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three-age division of the prehistory and protohistory of humanity. It was preceded by the Stone Age (Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic) and the Bronze Age.

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  1. The Bronze Age Collapse

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Bronze Age collapse, the term used to describe what many perceive as sudden, chaotic change around 1200 BC, mainly in the eastern Mediterranean.

    16 June 2016

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    Featuring: Linda Hulin, Simon Stoddart

     
  2. The Iron Age

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the dawn of the European Iron Age, a period of great upheaval when technology and societies were changed forever.

    24 March 2011

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    Featuring: Barry Cunliffe, Sue Hamilton, Timothy Champion