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minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down18·8 months agoNope. Not at all. Steel weapons are superior to bronze in every way.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down2·8 months agoThe comparison was iron and bronze. Not steel and bronze.
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·8 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-squareZorque@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down9·8 months ago Steel, I believe, needs much higher temperatures and purified inputs.
minus-squareZorque@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down8·8 months ago… and steel was brought up.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·8 months agoBut not in the context of a comparison with bronze. Nobody made the claim that Bronze was as strong as Steel.
minus-squareHenriVolneylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 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?