Paved entrance to the Tayinat Temple in Turkey, a hotbed of trade in the Iron Age.From Discover Magazine:
Recent digs show long-distance trade and complex social structures were around for longer than archaeologists thought.
For civilizations in Europe and the Near East, the Bronze and Iron Ages—when metalworking was first developed—have been viewed as times when simple societies struggled through technological upheaval, famine, and sickness. But new findings are revealing surprising social and cultural complexity.
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