I like to watch the History Channel.  I still happen to learn new things even though I’m just having a glass of wine and watching it to relax.  Something I was reminded of recently while watching it was the importance of bronze in the history of early civilizations.  Bronze is a blend of copper and another element (they call it at alloy) like tin.  This blend produces a metal that is more versatile than copper alone and gave the cultures that used it an advantage with their weapons and armor. 

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