Tell me about the history of metallurgy, /his/. I want to know more about its spread, transition from other materials, and other cool facts.
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Copper metallurgy spread from the Near East westwards to the Balkans around 5000 bc, then it reaches south Western Europe around 3600-3300 bc and western/central Europe a few centuries later
Arsenical copper swords first appeared in Eastern Anatolia around 3300 bc and spread westwards to the Aegean in 2600 bc, they reached Southwestern Europe and Western Europe around 2000-1600 bc, proper bronze tools originated around 3000 bc or earlier in the Near East and reached the Aegean around 2300-2000 bc, they reached southwestern Europe and Western Europe around 1600 bc
>>3276918
Bumping for supreme interest. I'm a materials engineer so this is my jam but I know nothing about it.