The Bronze Age

The Early Bronze Age refers to the mixing of arsenic and copper, making it stronger. Later, when tin was discovered and mixed with copper, a true bronze alloy was created, ushering in the true Bronze Age. Unfortunately, there is only one place in the ancient world where tin and copper exist nearby. When trade routes opened up throughout the Mediterranean tin was traded throughout the ancient world and every culture created strong bronze tools and weapons. when these trades declined, the Iron Age was ushered in, as iron, although weaker than bronze, even arsenic bronze, was more readily available. Eventually this lead to mixing other metals with iron and eventually lead to the invention of steel, iron and carbon from wooden fires.


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