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minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down17·5 months agoNope. Not at all. Steel weapons are superior to bronze in every way.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·5 months agoThe comparison was iron and bronze. Not steel and bronze.
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 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-up2arrow-down8·5 months ago Steel, I believe, needs much higher temperatures and purified inputs.
minus-squareZorque@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down7·5 months ago… and steel was brought up.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·5 months agoBut not in the context of a comparison with bronze. Nobody made the claim that Bronze was as strong as Steel.
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.