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Melting and molding
Bronze was made by casting—heating copper and
tin until they were liquid, then pouring into molds
and allowing to cool and set. BRONZE FARMING
TOOLS made it easier to clear forests for planting
crops so, for the first time, people could grow
enough food to sell, not just to feed their families.

Objects could be cast
in many different shapes
to suit the job they were
designed for.

Bronze-Age Britons
lived together in wooden
roundhouses, thatched
with reeds or straw.

All over the world
By the way…
By 2000 BCE, the BRONZE AGE
The oldest toy ever
had arrived in Europe from its
found in Europe is
beginnings in the Middle East, and
a bronze figure of a
developed separately in Asia and
stork, thought to be
the Americas. Farms grew bigger,
3,500 years old.
and more and more people settled
in communities, which became
villages and towns.

How it changed the world sold both metal and

Bronze led to big changes in
the way people earned a living.
With better tools, people could
farm the land for profit. Miners
and craftspeople appeared—
and traders, who bought and

What came after… finished goods.

In the 19th century, people
THE IRON AGE was the next leap forward discovered a cheap way to
in technology. Iron was more common MASS-PRODUCE STEEL. Strong
than copper and tin, and it made tools and flexible, steel is ideal
that were stronger and longer-lasting for large structures such
than bronze. as bridges.
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