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The Incas had bronze, but didn't take full advantage of its use in weapons because they didn't have metal armor or shields, which are uncommon in Bronze Age cultures because copper is much less plentiful than iron. There was no time to redesign their weapons to fight armor in the middle of an invasion.

Sure, bronze pikes would have stopped the cavalry, but you need years if not centuries of mounted warfare to figure that out.



Well said and insightful, thanks.

And the name-comment synergy slaps, as the youngins sometimes say :-)




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