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The Copper Road: How Bronze Age Finland Powered Europe
In this episode, Lucas and Luna step off the beaten track of silk and spice to follow a trail of copper that ran from the mines of Uusimaa in Finland to the workshops of Denmark, Germany, and beyond. Between 1700 and 1100 BCE, this was one of Europe's most vital trade routes, supplying the raw material for bronze tools, weapons, and ornaments that transformed societies from the Baltic to the Mediterranean.
We trace how a small coastal community in the north became a copper powerhouse, using sewn boats and whetstones to move metal over vast distances. We meet the miners who worked the…
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