Copper: The Red Metal
Introduction
Early History of Copper Mining and Use
Early Smelting and Metallurgy
Mining Technique
Early Civilizations and Copper
Copper in Sub-Saharan Africa
The Bronze Age in Asia Minor
The Bronze Age in Europe
The Bronze Age in Asia
The Importance of the Bronze Age
Copper: The Bronze Age to the Fall of Rome
Copper in the Middle Ages and Renaissance
Copper in the Western Hemisphere
Copper Mining in the United States
The Modern Copper Industry
Properties of Copper
Conclusion
References
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