How Did the Greeks Significantly Improve the Quality of Their

question 7

Multiple Choice

How did the Greeks significantly improve the quality of their farm implements and weaponry following their Dark Age?

• A) They rediscovered the lost art of bronze metallurgy by smelting tin and copper.
• B) They learned the skill of iron metallurgy from their eastern trading partners and went on to mine their own iron ore deposits.
• C) They raided the farms and armories on the edges of Near Eastern empires for tools and weapons they could not construct themselves.
• D) They used the advanced mathematics of Ionia to achieve the precise measurements needed to create new alloys, such as iron.

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