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# Bronze Working
## Overview
Bronze working — the alloying of copper with tin — defined the Bronze Age (~33001200 BCE) and enabled advances in weaponry, tools, and art across Eurasia.
Bronze working — the alloying of copper with tin — defined the Bronze Age (~33001200 BCE) and enabled advances in weaponry, tools, and art across Eurasia. @t[3300 BCE..1200 BCE]
## Key Facts
- Period: ~33001200 BCE (Bronze Age)
- Period: ~33001200 BCE (Bronze Age) @t[3300 BCE..1200 BCE]
- Composition: ~88% copper, ~12% tin
- Earliest bronze: Mesopotamia and the Caucasus, ~3300 BCE
- Earliest bronze: Mesopotamia and the Caucasus, ~3300 BCE @t[~3300 BCE]
- Spread to: Egypt, Indus Valley, China, Europe
## Development
- Copper smelting preceded bronze by ~2,000 years (Chalcolithic period)
- Tin was scarce; long-distance trade networks developed to source it (Cornwall, Afghanistan, Southeast Asia) [^1]
- Lost-wax casting technique enabled complex shapes
- Chinese bronze casting (Shang dynasty, ~1600 BCE) achieved exceptional sophistication [^2]
- Chinese bronze casting (Shang dynasty, ~1600 BCE) achieved exceptional sophistication @t[~1600 BCE] [^2]
## Impact
- Superior weapons: Swords, spearheads, armor