Zera re Utare (kuChingezi: iron age; age of iron) kana nguva ye utare, i-epoch yekupedzisira ye rupatsanuro rwe epoch ye zera-tatu ye mshuremenhoroondo uye proto-nhoroondo ye vanhu. Yakateerwa ne Zera re Dombo (Paryotiki, Mesoritiki, Niyoritiki, uye Karyukotiki) uye Zera re Ndarira. Pfungwa iyi yakanyanya kushandiswa kuYuropu neKare kwePedyo Mabvazuva, asi zvakare, nekuenzanisa, kune dzimwe nzvimbo dzeNyika Yekare. Dhuresheni ye Zera reUtare inosiyana zvichienderana nedunhu riri kutariswa. Inotsanangurwa nechibvumirano chekuchera matongo. Iro "Zera re Utare" inotanga munharaunda kana kugadzirwa kwe simbi kana chisa kwazvo kusvika padanho rekuti maturusi (tools) eutare nezvombo zvinotsiva zvakaenzana ne ndarira mukunyanya kushandiswa. MuChinykare kwePedyo Mabvazuva, shanduko iyi yakaitika mumashure meiyo inonzi Zera re Ndarira kuparara, muzana ramakore rechi 12 BC. Tekinorojia yakakurumidza kupararira munzvimbo yese yeMedhiteraniya Bhasini uye kuChemhembe cheEzhiya. Yakawedzera kupararira kuEzhiya ye Pakati, Mabvazuva e Yuropu, uye Yuropu ye Pakati kwakati kunonokerwa, uye Maodzanyemba e Yuropu haina kusvika kusvika gare gare, munenge muna 500 BC. Iro Zera re Utare inotorwa kuti ipere, zvakare negungano, nekutanga kwenhoroondo rhekkodhi.