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Stone Age peoples made tools and weapons of stone. Later they learned to make tools and weapons from copper and from bronze, which is a mixture of copper and tin. This time was known as the <a class="reflink" href="/kids/article/Bronze-Age/352883">Bronze Age</a>. The Iron Age started after people learned to remove iron from rock using a very hot fire. Iron was better than bronze for tools and weapons because it was harder and stronger.</p></div></div></div> <div class="panel panel-default"><div role="tab" class="panel-heading open"><h4 class="panel-title"><a role="button">Events of the Iron Age</a></h4><nav class="tts-nav"><ul class="tts-controls disabled"><li><a href="#" class="tts-reverse fontello-icon-to-start" title="Read Aloud: Rewind (Subscriber Feature)"></a></li><li><a href="#" class="tts-toggle fontello-icon-play" title="Read Aloud: Play/Stop (Subscriber Feature)"></a></li><li><a href="#" class="tts-forward fontello-icon-to-end" title="Read Aloud: Fast Forward (Subscriber Feature)"></a></li></ul></nav></div><div id="251448-toc" role="tabpanel"><div class="panel-body"><p>The knowledge of how to get iron from rock and how to make iron tools spread quickly from the Middle East to Egypt and Greece. The Iron Age eventually spread as far as West Africa, northern Europe, India, and East Asia. 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