Bronze Working
Alloying copper with tin to create bronze, a hard and durable metal for superior tools, weapons, and armor.
Core metadata
- ID: bronze_working
- Era: Ancient
- First known date: -3000 (century)
- Region: Ancient Near East and other early Bronze Age regions
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: established
Prerequisites
Dependents
- Abacus (abacus)
- Advanced Metallurgy (Medieval) (advanced_metallurgy_medieval)
- Advanced Shipbuilding (Bireme, Trireme) (advanced_shipbuilding_bireme_trireme)
- Anatomy (Early Studies) (anatomy_early_studies)
- Astrolabe (Early) (astrolabe_early)
- Astrolabe & Quadrant (astrolabe_quadrant)
- Bronze Casting Molds (bronze_casting_molds)
- Cannons (cannons)
- Chain Mail Armor (chain_mail_armor)
- Classical Sculpture (classical_sculpture)
- Copper-Alloy Edge Tools (copper_alloy_edge_tools)
- Currency (currency)
- Advanced Distillation (distillation_advanced)
- Gastraphetes (Belly-Bow) (gastraphetes_belly_bow)
- Pocket Watch (pocket_watch)
- Scientific Instrument Making Guilds (scientific_instrument_making_guilds)
- Spectacles (Eyeglasses) (spectacles_eyeglasses)
- Surgical Instrument Sets (surgical_instrument_sets)
- Surveying Theodolite (Early Precision) (surveying_theodolite_early_precision)
- Water Screw (Archimedes Screw) (water_screw_archimedes)
Fields
Field lanes
- Materials Science & Manufacturing: Metals & Alloys
Node sources
- Bronze Age (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2026, textbook) • Supports: node
- Tin processing (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2026, textbook) • Supports: node
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 3
- Average edge confidence: 68%
- Prerequisite sources: 3
- expert_inference: 3
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Working (copper_working) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Copper Working provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Tin Working (tin_working) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Tin Working provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Casting and Molding (casting_and_molding) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Casting and Molding provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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