2007-01-23 06:33:11 · 6 answers · asked by Michael O 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Because copper has a lower melting point than iron, and is therefore easier to smelt.
2007-01-23 06:36:20 · answer #1 · answered by Keith P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bronze was stronger than the iron of the time. Quality steels were not widely available until thousands of years later.
Archaeologists suspect that a serious disruption of the tin trade precipitated the transition to the Iron Age.
2007-01-23 14:40:56 · answer #2 · answered by gebobs 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bronze is requires less heat to smelt and no special technology. Copper usually needs to be refined from bronze ores and iron needs higher heat. the Bronze age came first because the technology to make iron had not yet been discovered.
2007-01-23 14:38:18 · answer #3 · answered by Huey from Ohio 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In order to develop iron bronze technology had to be created and refined first. The bronze age led to the iron age.
2007-01-23 14:37:01 · answer #4 · answered by cheeseburger 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because bronze is an easier metal to work with as it does not require as much heat to make it malleable.
2007-01-23 14:37:17 · answer #5 · answered by diogenese_97 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
who told you that?
I tought stone age was came first.. :D
2007-01-23 15:24:51 · answer #6 · answered by morroniac 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋