# Bronze metallurgy expands (-2300)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/-2300-bronze-metallurgy-expands
Location: France

Copper and bronze tools and weapons became increasingly important. Within the broader Prehistoric France period, From the earliest hominin traces to the Iron Age, the territory of modern France saw repeated migrations, changing climates, technological innovations and increasingly complex communities long before a French state existed. At this point in the timeline, the relevant governing authority is Prehistoric communities (No single ruler). Bronze metallurgy expands mattered because it changed material life, state capacity, economic networks or France’s ability to project power. The event is positioned here so visitors can read it alongside changes in government, warfare, society, religion, culture and France’s wider international setting.

## Why it matters
Bronze metallurgy expands mattered because it changed material life, state capacity, economic networks or France’s ability to project power.

Ruler at the time: [Prehistoric communities](https://history-france.com/rulers/prehistoric-communities)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Bronze metallurgy expands](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Bronze+metallurgy+expands&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Bronze metallurgy expands](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Bronze+metallurgy+expands)
- [Wikipedia — History of France overview](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_France)