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[sinanju]

I thought historians consider the Italian peninsula to have still been stone age in those days.

That “bronze and iron” dagger has me wondering. Was it pattern-welded bronze and iron layers like damascus steel?

[ApplegateRanch]

I wish they had said whether the boiler was coal or oil fired.

Conquerors of the Minoan civilisation, the Mycenaeans flourished between the 17th century BCE and the 12th century BCE, occupying much of the Greek mainland and establishing colonies in Asia Minor and on Cyprus.

So this sword, from the Italian Penninsula, "proves" that these fighters, conquerors,and colonizers traded? Maybe the last owner of it just traded blows with the penultimate owner?

[Fractal Trader]

I always new that tin was important ( a necessary component) for bronze, and new that Cornwall was a major source, but didn’t realize until recently that Cornwall was the ONLY source of tin outside of central Asia. Any bronze item, by necessity, had to involve trades with Cornish tin miners. (I think there might have been some in Brittany, too).

[wildbill]

Trade or loot?

Two methods of exhange in the ancient world.