After all, the Iron Age led to gigantic empires in the Middle East the Assyrian, Babylonian, and Persian as it dramatically undercut the previous Bronze Age cost of tools, armor, and weaponry.

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Other proposals call for a ban on armor-piercing ammunition and for setting a minimum age of 21 to possess a pistol and 18 for rifles or shotguns.

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An elderly Beowulf puts on his armor for one last hurrah, invoking the age-old duty of all chief executives, male and female: Be a mensch .

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