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← HistoryWhich constraint limited the height of ancient Mesopotamian bronze towers?
A)Bronze's tensile strength limits spans✓
B)Uneven firing created stress risers
C)Smelting temperature limited alloy purity
D)Copper depletion caused bronze scarcity
💡 Explanation
Bronze has relatively low tensile strength; under sustained load, creep occurs because atom mobility allows gradual deformation, therefore the structure collapses rather than undergoing sudden fracture as with higher-strength materials. Copper availability caused some bottlenecks.
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