Human life has never been easier. As technology flourishes, the ways of man also prosper. The discomfort and hindrances that people long ago had experienced has long been inexistent at present because comfort and convenience is within the reach of human hands. Be it in homes or in industries, comfort is everywhere and is felt.

One of the extensive and laborious work people must do in the past is joining things together or what people call it today as welding. Before modern people are equipped with the convenience of modern equipment like those amazing wielding machines and wielding gears in welding headquarters, humans had a unique way of binding things together in different periods in history.

Bronze Age

The historic development of welding can be traced back to the ancient times. The earliest form of welding comes from the archipelagic time of the Bronze Age. It was during this time humans started to work with metal and made technological advances including the first writing systems and the invention of wheels. Archaeological evidence suggests that the invention of bronze brought the end of the Stone Age. Well, talking about welding, joining things together during this Age was different from what people are doing today. Small gold circular boxes were created by pressure welding lap joints together. This way was first done from the Bronze Age in Europe and in the Middle East.

Iron Age

The Iron Age was a period of human history that started between 1200 B.C. and 600 B.C. It was the historic time that occurred after the Bronze Age. It was also the final epoch of the three-age division of the prehistory of humanity. People in this age began making iron and steel tools and weapon. It was then during this time that humans learned to join iron pieces together. Evidences suggested that welding iron happened first in the Iron Age of Egypt and in the East Mediterranean.

Middle Ages

Overtime, the ways to weld thing have evolved. From the use of circular gold rings up to the time when humans first learned to weld iron pieces together, things have drastically changed. It is during the Middle Ages or otherwise known as the Medieval Period that humans started to learn the art of blacksmithing. During this time irons were welded together by hammering. It was not until the 19^th century that welding as we know today was invented.