Just some facts so I can get started on a paper, reasons why would be amazing too!
Dear Elizabeth, Only one I can think of is Bridge Over Troubled Waters by Simon and Garfunkel.
59th Street Bridge Song and Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel
Under the Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Steel made weapons, ships, buildings, bridges all much stronger, better and longer lasting than wood, and also complex machines (most of which can't be made without it)Europe in it's 'industrial revolution' learned how to make steel/ iron in great quantitiesEuropeans steel/ iron, machines, tools, weapons, bridges etceasily beat the primitive ones of the rest of the world.
