Which outcome resulted when tin sources dwindled for Mesopotamian bronze foundries circa 2500 BCE?

💡 Explanation

When tin became scarce, arsenic was alloyed with copper to produce arsenical bronze because it mimicked tin's properties and was locally available. Therefore arsenical bronze production increased rather than iron weaponry, agricultural decline, or abandonment of irrigation, which depended on unrelated technologies.

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