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The beginning of Iron Age varies as per the regions and it is evident that every region that experienced this time period had actually had it in an exclusive time period which was different from every other region in this case. In China, Iron Age began around 600 B.C. In ancient periods of Korea and Japan, the Iron Age is considered to begin during 500 to 400 B.C. As per the Britannica Encyclopedia, iron was used under limitations in the ancient Middle East during 3000 B.C. It claims that metal was much more dominant in that region at that particular time.
It has been confirmed by archaeological evidence that iron, made from melting pig-iron, was developed in ancient China in the early 5th century BC during the Zhou Dynasty (1050 BCï¼256 BC). During the Shang Dynasty (1600 BCï¼1046 BC) to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty (1050 BCï¼256 BC), China went into a flourishing period for steel smelting. In the Han Dynasty (202 BCï¼220 AD), private-enterprise iron-making was abolished and was monopolized by the state, creating an iron-smelting bloom.