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So I've recently been wondering about how the development of societies would have gone along if the people's of the western hemisphere had the knowledge of how to make tools and weapons from Iron? Which areas would iron working originate in? How far would the technology spread? And would the use of metal armour and weapons slow down European colonization significantly?