Ankh-f-n-Khonsu
forth-speaker of Mentu
Ok, as soon as you start beeline for bronzeworking, with any luck you will have a source near your capital. If not, grab the worker techs and go for financial techs like monarchy and currency, grab ironworking as soon as it costs a reasonable ammount of beakers, if you don't have copper you will have iron near your capitol.
Not true; it's quite possible to find yourself in a position with neither copper nor iron. Better hope for horses in such a situation.