<span> Belshazzar's kingdom </span>will<span> be taken and divided. </span>
Mahatma Gandhi made spinning on the charkha and the daily use of khadi , or a coarse cloth made from homespun yarn , very powerful symbols. these were not only symbols of self-reliance but also of resistance to the use of British mill-made cloth....;
Considering that iron has always been more common than gold, I don't think they would have first found it during what we now call "the golden age." It was probably more useful and impressive to them during the dark ages.
This is what I could fine on your question