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... millennium chronology BC , and iron was used in Greece in the 11th century BC and north of the Alps in the 8th century BC . The possibili- ties for copper and tin mining were fairly restricted , but iron ore is widely found over Europe ...
... millennium chronology BC , and iron was used in Greece in the 11th century BC and north of the Alps in the 8th century BC . The possibili- ties for copper and tin mining were fairly restricted , but iron ore is widely found over Europe ...
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... c . 6th - 5th century BC , is the situla , the making of which was centred in northwest Yugoslavia , northeast Italy , and Austria . Situlae like the one from Vače , Yu- goslavia ( Narodni Muzej , Ljubljana ) , give evidence of daily ...
... c . 6th - 5th century BC , is the situla , the making of which was centred in northwest Yugoslavia , northeast Italy , and Austria . Situlae like the one from Vače , Yu- goslavia ( Narodni Muzej , Ljubljana ) , give evidence of daily ...
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... century BC , wheels with 34 spokes were buried in the Altai Mountains . The Chinese made innovations in chariot and harness . A Chinese work of the 4th century BC describes wheels with 30 spokes ; and such wheels , dat- ing from the 4th ...
... century BC , wheels with 34 spokes were buried in the Altai Mountains . The Chinese made innovations in chariot and harness . A Chinese work of the 4th century BC describes wheels with 30 spokes ; and such wheels , dat- ing from the 4th ...
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