On: The Bronze Age has never looked stronger

[throwyawayyyy]

How much was it the advent of better technology that didn't require those supply chains? Iron. In which case the lesson is: have more and more complex supply chains, tie us all together, don't allow us to be independent because civilisation _is_ that interdependence.

[nradov → throwyawayyyy]

Early forms of iron (before the development of decent steel) were worse technology then bronze for most uses. Iron tools were soft, dull, and rusty.

[namaria → nradov]

Iron is much more widely available then tin. It made weapons hard to monopolize.