Because other people learned to make iron weapons and fought back.
Bronze weapon technology had a moat because it required scarce, imported resources. Even if they learned the techniques, most people couldn't make them.
The resources for iron weaponry were readily available; they just needed to learn the techniques.
Sure but wouldn't and organized kingdom have the resources to scale up iron weapons production faster? They certainly had larger armies I would imagine.
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Bronze weapon technology had a moat because it required scarce, imported resources. Even if they learned the techniques, most people couldn't make them.
The resources for iron weaponry were readily available; they just needed to learn the techniques.
ajoski9 · · focus · HN ↗