Typically, what is bronze made of?

copper and zinc
copper and tin
copper and lead
copper and iron
Copper and tin ores are rarely found together, so serious bronze work during Bronze Age has always involved trade. In Europe, the major source for tin was Great Britain's deposits of ore in Cornwall, which were traded as far as Phoenicia in the Eastern Mediterranean.
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flagthe Netherlands
17%
76%
0%
5%
17
flagAustria
22%
57%
4%
15%
63
flagRepublic of Ireland
47%
47%
0%
5%
19
flagGermany
34%
43%
5%
16%
415
flagSingapore
39%
43%
8%
8%
23
flagthe United Kingdom
30%
42%
9%
17%
297
flagNigeria
26%
42%
20%
9%
99
flagMalaysia
38%
42%
3%
15%
26
flagthe United Arab Emirates
28%
42%
0%
23%
21
flagSwitzerland
40%
40%
4%
13%
22
flagPoland
31%
39%
12%
16%
12564
flagIndia
41%
39%
8%
9%
700
flagthe United States
34%
36%
8%
20%
660
flagGreece
27%
36%
9%
27%
22
flagAustralia
39%
34%
4%
19%
84
flagUnknown
36%
34%
9%
19%
41
flagCanada
38%
33%
12%
14%
57
flagPakistan
42%
23%
12%
18%
80
flagthe Philippines
40%
22%
8%
27%
59
flagIndonesia
22%
16%
16%
44%
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