Mastering iron-hardening techniques determined which Bronze Age communities survived

Evidence

The Mold Cape was buried relatively close to the largest Bronze Age copper mine in north-west Europe, the Great Orme. — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 336 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: Technological mastery of iron separated thriving from perished civilisations; The Great Orme mine was the largest Bronze Age copper source in north-west Europe. — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 336; Iron is transformed permanently by heating and quenching unlike gold — Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism, 31

Related

• The Great Orme mine was the largest Bronze Age copper source in north-west Europe. (similarity 0.91)
• Technological mastery of iron separated thriving from perished civilisations (similarity 0.82)
• Iron is transformed permanently by heating and quenching unlike gold (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Technological mastery of iron separated thriving from perished civilisations #corroborates (1.00)
• The Great Orme mine was the largest Bronze Age copper source in north-west Europe. #expands (0.75) — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 336