claim · claim_iron_not_primary_trigger
The expansion of iron use was gradual and is better treated as part of the Early Iron Age transformation than as a singular trigger of the c.1200 crises.
The expansion of iron use was gradual and is better treated as part of the Early Iron Age transformation than as a singular trigger of the c.1200 crises.
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The Aegean from Bronze Age to Iron Age: Continuity and Change between the Twelfth and Eighth Centuries BC — Oliver Dickinson (2006)Supports the claim: The expansion of iron use was gradual and is better treated as part of the Early Iron Age transformation than as a singular trigger of the c.1200 crises.
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Crisis in Context: The End of the Late Bronze Age in the Eastern Mediterranean — A. Bernard Knapp, Sturt W. Manning (2016)Supports the claim: The expansion of iron use was gradual and is better treated as part of the Early Iron Age transformation than as a singular trigger of the c.1200 crises.
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