Iron is harder, it can hold an edge better
鐵比青銅更堅硬 能更好地保持刀刃
and it's extremely plentiful.
而且產量極其豐富
Those skills must have spread very, very quickly,
一旦人們知道鐵能帶來巨大利益
as people realized what a huge advantage iron could give you.
煉鐵技術會傳播得非常非常快
Iron and charcoal transform the surface of the planet.
鐵器和木炭改變了地球的面貌
In Europe alone,
僅在歐洲
70 million acres of trees, an area bigger than Oregon,
比俄勒岡州面積還大的七千萬英畝的樹木
Are felled to feed iron foundries,
被砍伐后運往鋼鐵鑄造廠
Creating the landscape of the world we know today.
形成了當今世界的一道風景
Now, on the plains of Greece,
如今 希臘的平原上
Iron ushers in a new age of warfare.
鐵器引領著一個新的戰爭時代
Soldiers prepare to defend their small kingdom.
士兵們為保衛他們的家園時刻準備著
Sparta.
斯巴達
A society dedicated to war.
是一個戰事不斷的城邦
With the richest iron mines in Greece.
因其在希臘有著最豐富的鐵礦石資源
Their leader: Pausanias.
他們的首領保薩尼亞斯
A prince of Sparta, acting commander-in-chief.
是斯巴達的王子 也是作戰總指揮