Historical event

Iron Working Spreads Across Africa

Date: c. 1000 BCE

Independent African development and spread of iron-working technology across sub-Saharan Africa revolutionizes agriculture, tools, and warfare, enabling complex societies and supporting the rise of great African civilizations.

Tags: iron-working, metallurgy, agriculture, technology, sub-saharan, innovation, bantu-migrations, complex-societies, independent-development, technological-revolution, african

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