![A bronze, tapered needle or clothing pin, ornament, tools, metal, bronze, L 12.3 cm, W 0.6 cm, Iron Age II 1000-700 BC, Iran Stock Photo - Alamy A bronze, tapered needle or clothing pin, ornament, tools, metal, bronze, L 12.3 cm, W 0.6 cm, Iron Age II 1000-700 BC, Iran Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2B0E2FA/a-bronze-tapered-needle-or-clothing-pin-ornament-tools-metal-bronze-l-123-cm-w-06-cm-iron-age-ii-1000-700-bc-iran-2B0E2FA.jpg)
A bronze, tapered needle or clothing pin, ornament, tools, metal, bronze, L 12.3 cm, W 0.6 cm, Iron Age II 1000-700 BC, Iran Stock Photo - Alamy
![TIL that bronze is generally harder than iron. The Bronze Age didn't give way to the Iron Age because iron weaponry was superior; rather, iron was more plentiful and easier to work TIL that bronze is generally harder than iron. The Bronze Age didn't give way to the Iron Age because iron weaponry was superior; rather, iron was more plentiful and easier to work](https://external-preview.redd.it/oRGrdsyE4gdMpG2FpTMoTacMEHQg7CAjW0szSJ6IJa8.jpg?auto=webp&s=1016fb0de39c336c72bc94d5fd5b66295f78fda4)
TIL that bronze is generally harder than iron. The Bronze Age didn't give way to the Iron Age because iron weaponry was superior; rather, iron was more plentiful and easier to work
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Cold Iron vs. Magic - Brainstorming a Homebrew 5e 'Bronze Age Collapse' Setting (Sorry Long...) : r/RPGdesign
![reality check - Could a Greater Relative Abundance of Tin Extend a Bronze Age? - Worldbuilding Stack Exchange reality check - Could a Greater Relative Abundance of Tin Extend a Bronze Age? - Worldbuilding Stack Exchange](https://i.stack.imgur.com/JRvIJ.png)
reality check - Could a Greater Relative Abundance of Tin Extend a Bronze Age? - Worldbuilding Stack Exchange
![The hardness of copper, low-alloyed (early) bronze, wrought iron and... | Download Scientific Diagram The hardness of copper, low-alloyed (early) bronze, wrought iron and... | Download Scientific Diagram](https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jeffrey-Wadsworth/publication/222563386/figure/fig5/AS:823898052501506@1573444011779/The-hardness-of-copper-low-alloyed-early-bronze-wrought-iron-and-high-alloyed-bronze.png)