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CallFromMargin t1_izi5cjt wrote

Reply to comment by kevineleveneleven in Conflict in Central Europe leading to Bronze Age Collapse by Gideonn1021

This completely ignores the loss of knowledge that was the result of bronze age collapse. Entire regions "forgot" how to write and "forgot" agricultural techniques like irregation, so why couldn't they forget how to make good quality iron?

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SpaceSweede t1_izihr6v wrote

Because making Iron was essential for survival and also a great way to become rich. The skill of writing not so much when the Palace you used to work in was a ruin and deserted.

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CallFromMargin t1_izil47g wrote

The skills of agriculture and irregation were also essential for survival, and would make you rich when you sold your bountiful harvest, yet they were lost, entire regions with huge irregation systems were abandoned, and even hundreds of years later were not inhabited.

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kevineleveneleven t1_izjv0so wrote

There is no evidence that anyone knew how to heat treat iron during the bronze age. We can analyze the crystal structure of iron artifacts and know what processes were involved in the production. Neither are there any literary references to superior iron weaponry and armor.

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