Which risk dramatically increased with widespread adoption of bronze metallurgy in ancient city-state conflict?

💡 Explanation

When bronze metallurgy became commonplace, standardized mold casting increased mass production leading to design flaws that when revealed, affected entire armies, because bronze weapon production lines are susceptible to failures leading to brittle or defective tools. Therefore specialized weapon production failures had greater impact rather than agricultural vulnerabilities or standardization disrupting bartering which have separate underlying mechanisms.

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