Discuss the contributions of iron technology to the process of state formation in Bantu Africa. The spreading of the Bantu all across the sub-Saharan Africa was a major contributor to the advent of a mixture of crops, not to mention the innovation of iron made equipment. The Bantu settlement was heavily dependent on the collection of such crops and changes. This also led the Bantu to have access to a myriad of resources of both high quality and quantity. The ability acquired to create a new form of technology from iron, which had not been done before, was an added bonus to the group. It exponentially increased their productivity in that the Bantu had come up with a way to alleviate their everyday lives through tools they had made from iron. The creation of iron tools made trade for the Bantu with neighboring communities that much easier as they could now trade favorably and profitably with them. The Bantu could get better and improved products from communities with more experience in the production of other commodities such as food. This was only possible due to the advancement that they had made in their iron work. Advancements in the use of iron technology made it possible to eliminate such challenges associated with food preparation, as iron work had given rise to, and inspired clay workers to merge with the iron technology in order to make tools that would make food preparation much easier. Such innovators have been known to have come up with a type of pottery, inspired by iron workers, known as the “Urewe Ware” The expansion of ironwork was primarily caused by the expansion of the Bantu group. Ironwork had spread extensively that much of the devices and supplies were now being made of iron. Compared to other substances, such as stone and wood, metal was more reliable. Ironwork enabled the group to spread across much of Africa south of the equator which