jan 29, 600 BC - Iron
Description:
-Iron replaces bronze by 600 BCE for tools and weapons-Like fighting on horseback, ironworking probably came to China through nomadic people on the northern steppes
-Metalworkers in China were the first in the world to make steel (they removed carbon during the iron-smelting process)
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Date:
jan 29, 600 BC
Now
~ 2627 years ago