Iron is harder, it can hold an edge better
铁比青铜更坚硬 能更好地保持刀刃
and it's extremely plentiful.
而且产量极其丰富
Those skills must have spread very, very quickly,
一旦人们知道铁能带来巨大利益
as people realized what a huge advantage iron could give you.
炼铁技术会传播得非常非常快
Iron and charcoal transform the surface of the planet.
铁器和木炭改变了地球的面貌
In Europe alone,
仅在欧洲
70 million acres of trees, an area bigger than Oregon,
比俄勒冈州面积还大的七千万英亩的树木
Are felled to feed iron foundries,
被砍伐后运往钢铁铸造厂
Creating the landscape of the world we know today.
形成了当今世界的一道风景
Now, on the plains of Greece,
如今 希腊的平原上
Iron ushers in a new age of warfare.
铁器引领着一个新的战争时代
Soldiers prepare to defend their small kingdom.
士兵们为保卫他们的家园时刻准备着
Sparta.
斯巴达
A society dedicated to war.
是一个战事不断的城邦
With the richest iron mines in Greece.
因其在希腊有着最丰富的铁矿石资源
Their leader: Pausanias.
他们的首领保萨尼亚斯
A prince of Sparta, acting commander-in-chief.
是斯巴达的王子 也是作战总指挥