I have similar suspicions. I've thought about how a small number of elites with bronze weapons and armour could control the masses. I can also imagine them suppressing iron technology. However, once one empire lost control, iron weapons and tools dispersed quickly, insurrections happened, and the whole house of bronze collapsed.
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I have similar suspicions. I've thought about how a small number of elites with bronze weapons and armour could control the masses. I can also imagine them suppressing iron technology. However, once one empire lost control, iron weapons and tools dispersed quickly, insurrections happened, and the whole house of bronze collapsed.