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[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Metal use historically was more a function of fuel (wood) availability than of metallurgical knowledge. Copper (and tin) have low melting points so it's relatively easier to produce bronze than iron, which needs much higher temperatures to produce. For a long time it was just easier to sail to Wales (an ancient producer of tin) than to round up an enormous quantity of wood.

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 4 points 5 hours ago

Speaking of sailing, copper's named as such because, in classical antiquity (1700-1500BC), Cyprus was the main source of the metal.

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