clay or a certain dirt. No not clay or certain dirt at all- Soil is red because of the same compound that causes rust to be red, oxidised iron (most common formula- Fe2O3). â¦If the soil has nutrients like Iron and other elements that oxidise it will be dark. A soil with just Iron and not many other nutrients will usually be a lighter red.
This was the boast of King Esarhaddon (680-669 B.C.E.), who expanded the Assyrian empire to its greatest extent. At the height of his great power, in 671 B.C.E., he conquered Egypt in less than a month. The Egyptian kingdom was considered one of the most impenetrable in the Middle East.
Iron and Empire: The Rise of Assyria. Iron was first utilized as a technology of war around 1300 bce by the Hittites. By the beginning of the first millennium bce, the secret of iron metallurgy and cold forging had spread to Palestine and Egypt by way of the nomadic invasions, and perhaps to Mesopotamia as well.