Becoming more beware of cultural differences, __6__as well as exploring cultural similarities
hastened regional self-sufficiency and, in the consequence, __2__hastened the collapse of organized long-distance trade. This process was intensified by the spread of a new metal, iron.In almost 1400 B.C.
Iron was available for smelting in almost every land and, in efficiency,iron forging offered almost every country the __8__prospect of economical self-sufficiency.
prospect of economical self-sufficiency. It was eagerly seized __9__upon