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