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People: Otto II
Topic: Cowpens, Battle of

The first invention of ironsmithing is ascribed …

Years: 1629BCE - 1486BCE

The first invention of ironsmithing is ascribed by Classical authors to such peoples of the Caucasus and eastern Anatolia as the Khaldi (Chaldei) and the Khalib (Chalybes), who had discovered that the rather soft wrought iron could be greatly hardened by heating it in charcoal.