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InventTable — WRITTEN ERA — Materials, metals

Invention	Description	Year	Inventor	Country
Bronze smelting	tin and copper alloy	3400 BCE		Mesopotamia (11)
Nail	bronze	3400 BCE		Egypt (64)
Bell	bronze	3000 BCE		China
Saw	bronze	3000 BCE		Egypt
Metal pliers	metal tongs	3000 BCE		Egypt/Mesopotamia
Brazing and soldering	metal bonding	2500 BCE		Egypt
Wrought iron	simple iron	2500 BCE		Anatolia, Turkey
Welding	strong metal bonding	2500 BCE		Anatolia, Turkey
Iron and gold dagger	meteoric iron	2500 BCE		Anatolia, Turkey (82)
Metal lock and key	security	2000 BCE		Assyria/Egypt
Iron smelting	iron from ore	1800 BCE		Mesopotamia (11)
Steel	iron-carbon alloy	1800 BCE		Anatolia, Turkey
Iron weaponry	swords, spears, arrow heads	1600 BCE	Hittites	Anatolia, Turkey (82)
Scissors	bronze	1500 CE		Egypt
Wool shears	metal	1000 BCE		Egypt

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