===== Points of Divergence : Metallurgy and Metalworking =====

Points of divergence concerning alternate scenarios in the discovery and development of metallurgy and metalworking methods worldwide.

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==== Old World Metallurgy PODs ====

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=129114|The Stone Age continues]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=313113|Longer Copper Age]]** 

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=107967|WI No bronze]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=142867|Arsenic Bronze Age]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=354713|Metallurgy POD: How far, how advanced could European and African bronze-making get ?]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/bronze-age-advanced-weaponry.373624/|Bronze age advanced weaponry]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/metallurgical-question-about-bronze-age-advanced-weaponry.375748/|Metallurgical question about Bronze age advanced weaponry]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/how-would-gunpowder-affect-the-development-of-bronze-age-civilization.358146/|How would gunpowder affect the development of Bronze Age civilization ?]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=120207|Challenge: Platinum Age]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=232905|Plausibility check: Industrialized Minoans ?]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=97098|Roman Empire without iron metallurgy ?]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=295558|WI: Heavy Plow developed in Classical Antiquity]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=106369|The Heavy Plough in the Roman Empire ? (1)]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-the-romans-had-invented-the-heavy-plough-and-the-printing-press.157692/|The Heavy Plough in the Roman Empire ? (2)]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=294995|Plausibility check: Can you make a bronze steam engine ?]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=280095|Plausibility check: Ancient "Aluminum Age"]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=278505|Spain without an ounce of silver]]**

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==== New World Metallurgy PODs ====

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=129114|The Stone Age continues]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=142867|Arsenic Bronze Age]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=254509|What prevented the rise of Bronze Age and Iron Age civilizations in the Americas ?]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=40438|Bronze Age Americans]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=353619|New World picks up metallurgy earlier ?]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/how-to-make-great-lake-region-bronze-age-civilization-before-the-viking-visit-to-vinland-in-1000-ad.401526/|How to create a Great Lakes region Bronze Age civilization before the Viking visit to Vinland in 1000 AD ?]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/bronze-age-advanced-weaponry.373624/|Bronze age advanced weaponry]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/if-native-americans-had-bronze-age-or-iron-age-weaponry-what-would-it-look-like.404356/|If Native Americans had Bronze Age or Iron Age weaponry, what would it look like ?]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=247109|Plausibility check: Transition from bronze to iron in the Americas]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=257820|When did Native Americans adopt iron working ?]]** 

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=325417|Iron metallurgy in the Americas ?]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.net/Discussion/showthread.php?t=341493|Plausibility check: Iron-aging New World civilizations]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=266836|Pre-Columbian Iron or Steel]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=298871|Why didn't the Andean civilizations enter the Iron Age ?]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=317069|Incan Iron]]**

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==== See Also ====

**[[pods:agriculture|Points of Divergence : Agriculture]]**

**[[pods:small arms body armour and equipment|Points of Divergence : Small Arms, Body Armour and Equipment]]**

**[[pods:industrial revolution|Points of Divergence : Industrial Revolution]]**

**[[pods:steam engine|Points of Divergence : Steam Engine]]**

//**[[timelines:Bronze Age New World]]**//, //**[[timelines:Bronze Age New World 2.0]]**//, //**[[timelines:Bronze Age New World Alaska]]**// - Timelines about more developed Bronze Age cultures throughout the Americas.

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