Eli5 why did the Bronze Age happen before the Iron Age?

Question

I would have thought that with bronze being an alloy it would have been more difficult to work with than iron, so why was it the first to become widely used?

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Answer 1

I’m surprised no one has mentioned one of reddit’s favorites, [Primitive Technology](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAL3JXZSzSm8AlZyD3nQdBA).

If you follow him from the beginning you can watch his journey from making basic stone age fires to ‘advanced’ iron smelting from the iron age.