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[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago (2 children)

The comparison was iron and bronze. Not steel and bronze.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

There was never a time when iron was used in a major way until they figured out how to make steel. So technically it was always the steel age, not the iron age.