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Which metal or alloy used in the Antiquity is the hardest?

bronze
wrought iron
copper
tin
Though bronze is generally harder than wrought iron, the Bronze Age gave way to the Iron Age. This happened because iron was easier to find and easier to process.
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flagthe Netherlands
77%
22%
0%
0%
27
flagMalaysia
60%
24%
14%
0%
41
flagNew Zealand
50%
40%
6%
0%
30
flagPoland
49%
40%
6%
3%
23234
flagGermany
48%
46%
4%
1%
97
flagGhana
42%
34%
11%
7%
26
flagUnknown
40%
43%
7%
5%
55
flagAustralia
39%
46%
8%
3%
126
flagFrance
39%
47%
0%
13%
23
flagPakistan
37%
43%
8%
9%
114
flagthe United Kingdom
36%
50%
6%
5%
422
flagGreece
36%
18%
27%
18%
22
flagNigeria
35%
45%
12%
4%
143
flagthe United States
34%
48%
11%
3%
900
flagCanada
32%
50%
8%
5%
90
flagSingapore
32%
45%
16%
5%
37
flagRepublic of Ireland
29%
51%
13%
5%
37
flagIndia
28%
50%
11%
8%
996
flagthe Philippines
26%
39%
21%
10%
79
flagthe United Arab Emirates
21%
42%
21%
14%
28

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bill
labrys
yataghan
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mounted cavalry
mob
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torso
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