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Confrontation of Cultures
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Describe the importance of Iron in the growth of civilisation in Africa.

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The importance: 
1. Iron brought improvement in agriculture. With the improvement of agriculture, there was progressive civilisation.

2. From the beginning of Christian Era to 1200 A.D. Iron spread its influence all over the continent.

3. The Iron weapons helped in winning wars.

4. The Lunda empire in Africa became most powerful with the existence of the large quantity of iron and copper.

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