Why Did Ancient People Switch From Copper To Bronze?

[@MasterOfCydonia]

It really shocks me that the use of Bronze only sprung up in a few places before spreading to others. It does make me wonder why it is that places like the Andes, who did have access to Copper and Tin, never developed Bronze Working until far later, during the Incan Empire. Also, you'd think that the North American natives, who had easy access to some of the purest copper in the world (upper Michigan Peninsula) yet they never really developed it beyond artwork for religious purposes.

[@AncientHistoryGuy]

I guess it's the same as to how gold really wasn't all that valuable to those people. Also if the other people are using technology thats on the same par as you i guess the need to out do them isn't really there? Truth is good question that I don't entirely have the answer to!

[@bradmyst1339]

I love the earliest civilizations. What they did with Bronze and copper is truly fantastic

[@AncientHistoryGuy]

Indeed!

[@jamesg9840]

Also copper conducts heat better than lead, which is why I’m sure it was an ancient people’s favorite things! 😂

[@Umu_Eri]

Ive heard the civilisations in west africa switched from stone to iron directly without adopting bronze, i think it would be an awesome video subject.

[@AncientHistoryGuy]

ooh interesting!

[@Umu_Eri]

@@AncientHistoryGuy i have a few interesting sources but i cant send links on youtube, do you have a discord?

[@MrZ0r0]

Thank you

[@Digmen1]

Very interesting. And well done I wonder where they first found copper before they had to mine it. And the same with tin. And who came up with the idea of heating copper and then tin Are there any records of who first did it?

[@samwill7259]

"Lead age" doesn't seem as romantic to me Especially all of the poison and heavy metal death

[@AncientHistoryGuy]

I think i'm gonna do some more research into ancient Lead smelting as it seems to be a subjected most gloss over. Recently read a paper about a lead find in Jericho. The paper is very boring, and it takes a while to get to the actual find itself. I also read that lead can be a by product of trying to get to silver, so thats interesting.

[@Robert-um3dz]

Some humans never even made it that far.

[@KensaiProductions]

Extremely timely and useful information as I am writing some fiction that takes place around the time people stopped using stone. I was completely unaware of the lead step towards copper. Now I can can include that in a later draft.

[@AncientHistoryGuy]

Hope it helps!

[@CARL_093]

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