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Detailed explanation-1: -The Hittites’ super-hard iron swords could chop through the soft-as-butter bronze swords of the Egyptians and Assyrians. They were effectively ‘Bronze Age lightsabers’, making the Hittites nigh-on invincible on the battlefield.

Detailed explanation-2: -Archeologists believe that iron was discovered by the Hittites of ancient Egypt somewhere between 5000 and 3000 BCE. During this time, they hammered or pounded the metal to create tools and weapons. They found and extracted it from meteorites and used the ore to make spearheads, tools and other trinkets.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Hittites developed new techniques for using iron around 1500 B.C. Up until this time, weapons were generally made from bronze. Bronze is harder and heavier than iron. The use of iron weapons, which remained unique to the Hittites, helped achieve successful military campaigns.

Detailed explanation-4: -Iron is a better metal than bronze for making tools and weapons because it is harder and tougher. Even more important, iron ore is much more widely distributed and readily available in surface deposits around the world than the ores of copper and tin, which are both needed to make bronze.

Detailed explanation-5: -Iron Sword. Iron Blade. Iron Axe. Iron Poleax. Iron Lance. Iron Greatlance. Iron Bow. Iron Longbow. More items