(Note: silver and gold are actually generally worked before bronze in most societies)
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New head canon: Gold was the first metal discovered, silver the second and then bronze. That's why we still use that ordering today
Bronze is an alloy right? That would make it much more difficult to work with. But probably a lot stronger if you were making weapons.
Copper and tin. From Tinland.
Ha.
on second thought, these "winners" all look like coming from The Stone Age :p
... so who won?
No.
Yes
Bronze Age collapse says no winner here.
The Sea People.
Who's next?
You decide!