Re: population sizes for colonising a planet

On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 06:30:39 +0000 (UTC), Damien Sullivan wrote:

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(nitpicks follow)

> Bronze may be easy to make if you have copper and tin handy

It's not all that easy. You have to get the proportions right, and it's
not as though you've got really good quality metal working equipment or
safety gear at Bronze Age level tech.

> but I think those
> are rarer -- copper from Cyprus, tin from Britain via Phoenician ships.

Exactly where the majority of tin for Bronze Age Mediterranean cultures
came from is still a matter of lively dispute. You have Britain,
Afghanistan, Anatolia, and Central Europe all pushed as viable
alternatives. There are serious problems with all of them, of course.

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