TL2 (The Iron Age)

TL2 (The Iron Age) started somewhere between 1200 BCE and 600 B.C.
Generally TL1 (The Bronze Age) proceeds this and TL3 (The Middle Ages) comes after.
==General Developments==
Note: these are a combination of the material in the Basic Set and GURPS Low-Tech
*Signature Technology: Iron; Geometry; Scrolls
*Transportation: Saddle; roads; triremes
*Weapons and Armor: Iron weapons; iron armor (including mail); siege engines
**War: Cavalry; war elephants; phalanx warfare; mechanical artillery; specialized war galleys
*Power: Horses; water wheels
*Biotechnology/Medicine: Bleeding the sick; chemical remedies.
*Other Technologies: Riding horses and mounted herdsmen; concrete; large glass objects; arches, vaults, and domes; theoretical mathematics; humoral medicine
*Social Organization: Multiethnic empires; founding of universal religions; philosophy; historical scholarship; coinage
== Worlds of TL2 ==
* The world of Orichalcum and its Athenian-Atlantean war is primarily TL1/TL2 (with some Atlantean tech at TL4)
* The cursed world of Nergal is entering a new Ice Age among TL2/TL3, and the Patrol is unsure why.
* A few Gotha Parallels
===Magical Settings at this TL===
*Classic: Imperial Rome: "The religious beliefs of Rome at its height can support either spell-based magic or ritual magic." Classic: Magic Items 3, p.7Roma Arcana Magic items are the product of gods and spirits.
*Roma Arcana: A roman empire with magic and where arcane and divine power are at odds with each other.
==Related Material==
*TL
*TL2 Armor
*TL2 Equipment
*TL2 Weapons
*Iron Age (Wikipedia)
==References==
*GURPS Low-Tech
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