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

Because Iron is harder to produce (or was for them).

copper and tin (bronze) were easier to produce and work with, it needed lower temperatures.

Iron needs like 1500+ degrees and they didn’t have the technology to make such high heat at the time.