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minus-squareDiplomjodlerlinkfedilinkEnglish-13•7 months agoNope. Not at all. Steel weapons are superior to bronze in every way.
minus-square@Maggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish20•7 months agoThe comparison was iron and bronze. Not steel and bronze.
minus-squareDiplomjodlerlinkfedilinkEnglish8•7 months agoThere 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.
minus-squareZorquelinkfedilink-6•7 months ago Steel, I believe, needs much higher temperatures and purified inputs.
minus-square@Maggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish9•7 months agoBut not in the context of a comparison with bronze. Nobody made the claim that Bronze was as strong as Steel.
minus-square@HenriVolney@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish2•7 months agoBronze is better at making musical instruments, and who doesn’t need a trumpet or a tuba nowadays?
Nope. Not at all. Steel weapons are superior to bronze in every way.
The comparison was iron and bronze. Not steel and bronze.
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.
And?
… and steel was brought up.
But not in the context of a comparison with bronze. Nobody made the claim that Bronze was as strong as Steel.
Bronze is better at making musical instruments, and who doesn’t need a trumpet or a tuba nowadays?