IRON AGE (Why was Copper, Brass and Bronze used so much in the IRON AGE ?)

I don't think those metals rust over time

Anyone got sources on copper armor? I know it existed, but theres like jack shit about it.

Can you make a history video describing the history of Burma? Burmese history is very interesting and ill appreciate it

And now in the 20th and 21st century, we primarily poke holes in each other using pointy pieces of lead, swaged into thin sheets of copper, packed in drawn tubes of brass!

Matial Arts originated from the Indo Europeans and not the far east

Pi 3.14 π was first recorded by Moses in the Exodus Tabernacle blueprints near 1400 BC not 250 BC by Archimedes. 330-15-1=314
Calculation based on the description of the Tabernacle's curtains in Exodus 26:8-9, 12-13 with vs13 being the lynchpin. Here's a breakdown:
Total Length of the Curtains: The Tabernacle had 11 curtains, each 30 cubits long. So, all the curtains together were 11 x 30 = 330 cubits long.
Folding One Curtain: One of these 11 curtains was to be folded in half. When you fold a curtain that is 30 cubits long in half, it becomes 15 cubits long.
Adjusting the Total Length: After folding one curtain in half, the total length of all curtains would be 330 cubits (from all 11 curtains) minus 15 cubits (from the folded curtain). So, the adjusted length is 330 - 15 = 315 cubits.
Extra Length at Both Ends: The same folded curtain is supposed to have half a cubit of material hanging off at both ends of the Tabernacle. Since there are two ends, that adds up to 2 x 0.5 = 1 cubit.
Final Calculation: To find the final length, subtract this extra 1 cubit from the adjusted length of 315 cubits. This gives 315 - 1 = 314 cubits.
This was discovered by a Christian engineer from Wisconsin in 2015. Geometry π people will see this as dome shaped. However Josephus the Historian describes the traditional rectangle shaped Tabernacle. 2 different shapes.
or
(C-curtain L-length) 11Cx30L= 330CL, 1Cx30L= 30CL÷2= 15CL-330CL= 315CL, 315CL-.5CL-.5CL= 314CL Exodus 26:8-9, 12-13
or
330-15-1=314
Exodus 26:13 makes Pi 3.14

I sincerely doubt that most stone tools were replaced by metal in the copper and bronze ages. Do you have any data to back this up?

Loved this video that actually tackled the materials themselves that we use to divide history. Humanity using nature and brain to advance. Thanks for the explanation and differences between the metals, advantages and disadvantages.

Iron was rare, expensive and heavy.

Nobody talks about how sub-saharan africans had iron way before the rest of the world

Wow he is back 🎉

Cast iron was unknown during the iron age

They could have just mixed copper and iron together making it even harder as both iron and copper were quite abundant.

Dude I think your shadow banned, I’ve watched and liked all of your vids and just now this one showed up in my feed three days after it’s release.

i've always wondered this, amazed to know how much chemistry and metalurgy was known by these people

I used to do elevators 😮and copper , brass and nickel makes good mongo and sold for side extra money 💴

You need to start a podcast

Jeez dude, have a glass of water.

TRIVIA: The Aztecs did not have iron, but their predecessors did; they relentlessly polished stones of magnetite or hematite, and some were able to make scale armor from sewing the shiny rocks into clothing. For edged weapons, the Aztecs and their predecessors continued to use stone, particularly obsidian.

great subject

This is completely wrong. The transition to the iron age occured very quickly and everything instantly became made of iron. This is very well portrayed in age of empires 1.

What is better than perfect is standardised.

because bronze when thick enough will be as effective as iron in certain applications, and bronze is pretty so why not have some pretty parts to your armour

Arsenic can also be used to make bronze but for obvious reasons is less ideal than tin

Actually bronze is more durable than iron.

To what extent did these peoples know about aluminum?

It's wild to me that steel was possible in the iron age, even if they could not mass produce it

great video, I'm actually making copper, brass and bronze armor for my video series covering different styles of arms and armor from different time periods and cultures.

currently finishing up Scytho-cimerian style scale armor with Brass details (wanted to make full suite but copper and its alloys are very expensive).

other than that, I'm making colchian copper cuirass (try saying that fast) using silver horn depictions as reference. fun!

I also want to make a linothorax, cant decide on how to stylize yet. should I go full Greek or do something else?!

Because it's still being used

I had this lttle brass scale and weights as a kid for playing merchant. The fascination with the look and feel of brass stayed with me, gotta give favorite metal to brass 😊

I'm just going to guess that Copper and Bronze, being softer than Iron, was easier to work with.

Very informative❤

We are still using them now, and we're in the clown age!

Fantastic video

Metallurgists have never done anything original since bronze imo.

So technically the bronze age is still going? Imma file a report for these poor quality ingots I received from a certain someone 😂

Excellent!

North Americzn proples used copper a lot. A large copper plate with carvings on it was a sign of great wealth.

Let me guess: Other metals were simply still available, were aesthetically pleasing, were easier to shape than iron, and a lot of iron was simply bad quality.

Kind of like how for a couple hundred years, brass cannons were preferred over iron ones because it was easier to cast and shape a high-quality brass gun, whereas iron guns had inconsistent quality and large one had to be built by a completely different, less reliable method.

As far as i know iron is not better until you make steel

No y’all of the Iron Age in subsaharan Africa where steel may have first been invented and Iron has spread to the farthest reaches of South Africa by 2K years ago.

art quality is so good

Bronze and brass maces also remained popular. Especially bronze since it's heavy.

My favorite bronze item in the modern day is cymbals for drum sets. Zildjian has been using the same alloy for 400 years

I love learning about how different metals came into their own in the hands of man. It is a logical progression, you start with the easy-to-work metals, slowly working up until you've figured out all the metals and start specializing them for their function. I had no idea for example that Rome used brass and bronze for helmets for example. It is amazing just how much these elements have impacted human history.

Coins were also made of bronze by the Romans. Ships rams recovered from the Punic War era were made of bronze (used by both Carthage and Rome). As one historian described it the rams were "literally made of money."

Copper and brass do have such damn good looks!

God I love your videos so much! This was very informative.