RE: Why Btonze Age?
July 1, 2016 at 10:16 pm
(This post was last modified: July 1, 2016 at 10:27 pm by Anomalocaris.)
Actually, iron makes inferior edged weapons compare to bronze, Iron was mainly cheaper and thus can be more readily used to equip massed armies with spear tips and arrow points.
It was steel that makes better edged weapons.
Also iron could not be shaped as easily as bronze, so iron can't be made as readily into fancy muscle cuirass.
But Tests show laminated linen cuirass used by later hop elites afforded better protection than bronze cuirass for the same weight, and was likely far cheaper.
It was steel that makes better edged weapons.
Also iron could not be shaped as easily as bronze, so iron can't be made as readily into fancy muscle cuirass.
But Tests show laminated linen cuirass used by later hop elites afforded better protection than bronze cuirass for the same weight, and was likely far cheaper.
