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I don't know about Africa, but it is not exactly controversial that China and other places had high quality steel before Europe.

• gunapologist99 3y ago
  Please provide citations and what is meant by "high quality", and if you are referring to at scale using blast furnaces vs small artisanal production.
  • BlueTemplar 3y ago
    AFAIK Serendib had "large" artisanal "blast" furnaces making "high tech" crucible steel maybe as far back as 300 BC : https://www.nytimes.com/1996/02/06/science/ancient-smelter-used-wind-to-make-high-grade-steel.html https://www.nytimes.com/1996/02/06/science/ancient-smelter-u...
    • gunapologist99 3y ago
      Very cool, thanks for the link!!