A lot of indigenous economies were doing just fine and provided everyone involved with ample calories and nutrition. In a very serious way the only advantages the Europeans had in much of the world prior to the industrial revolution was ironmongery and a willingness to send as many poor people as it took to subjugate, enslave, and destroy other nations.
A lot of indigenous economies were doing just fine and provided everyone involved with ample calories and nutrition. In a very serious way the only advantages the Europeans had in much of the world prior to the industrial revolution was ironmongery and a willingness to send as many poor people as it took to subjugate, enslave, and destroy other nations.