For the record, I am very interested in Mesopotamian grain prices.
gerkletoss on
Implying wars aren’t won by grain prices
Talonsminty on
Man this line is super arbitrary.
Military history and social history are two sides of the same coin. You can’t understand one without the other.
DESTRUCTI0NAT0R on
With as much memery as there is about a certain copper merchant, you’d be surprised.
MrSirST on
You can’t understand wars without understanding how resources work. Thats how you get people who firmly believe the Axis could’ve won World War II if they just built one really awesome weapon.
Open-Trifle-6309 on
The crusades happened since there were too many second and third sons in Europe that wanted land and kept killing each other.
The pope thought, let’s kill the brown people instead.
Breaky_Online on
You claim this and then I go on to play EU5 having no idea what combination of taxation upon the rich and poor would extract just enough wealth that I don’t get couped and piked.
Capt_morgan72 on
Off topic. But all the sudden all the YouTube channels about medieval fantasy are covering the economics of their fantasy realm of choice. Like “what was Aaregorn’s tax policy”. It’s pretty interesting.
glitzglamglue on
My very first “real” history class was my freshman year of highschool and our teacher used the book “The History Of Food” to teach us the first semester of World History. I had never been so fascinated by farming before.
(What’s funny is that our teacher was actually the girls basketball coach but he was a great history teacher as well.)
NoMansSkyWasAlright on
I’d be willing to bet a lot of wars have begun and ended due to grain prices.
CompleteJinx on
I feel like a big part of history’s obsession with war is just how well documented it is. The subtle shifts in culture that happen from week to week can get lost in the headlines but every part of war is remembered by someone.
tswaters on
Let me tell ya, there’s this copper merchant — Ea-Nasir his name is — let’s just say, … Sub-par copper.
BigRedSpoon2 on
Genuinely, sometimes the little bits of history can be so fascinating
I mostly study history for ttrpg reasons, but I love the niche details of real history as inspiration for my games.
Like, ancient chinese horse ownership. At one point in ancient china, due to the cost of raising horses, they were all primarily owned by the emperor, but used for economic and war purposes. That feels so odd to consider!
Or just how the history of the steam engine that got us trains is about a 100 year period, of steady slow improvements, but then resulted in one of the first trains ever officially built in China to be fully eunuch powered.
I don’t consider any of this ‘useful’ information, but I feel enriched for knowing it.
fringeguy52 on
The battle of bumfuck-upon-twee is why grain prices are what they are
Weird_Explorer1997 on
You know what I wanna know about? The economics of medieval towns under siege. How did they distribute resources? Was there somebody with all the flower making a killing?
NoLandHere on
I want to know what a random citizen did as their daily routine in some of the first city states man
Mord4k on
I just wanna know about ancient agriculture period
SnooComics8412 on
At least it’s not about copper swear only memes and knowledge from that time is always about guy with bad copper 🤣🤣🤣🤣
chosinmosin9130 on
YEAAHH!!!! I FUCKING LOVE LEARNING ABOUT MATERIAL ECONOMIC HISTORY. I WANT TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT GOODS WERE PRODUCED IN VARIOUS AREAS THROUGH TIME, AND THE METHODS IN WHICH THEY WERE PRODUCED. I ALSO WISH TO LEARN ABOUT THE SUPPLY CHAIN REQUIRED TO OBTAIN THE BASE MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT TO MAKE PRODUCTION POSSIBLE!!!!!
In case you’re wondering, I AM 100% percent serious. I swear I could look at maps that show where different empires extracted natural resources from, where different agricultural goods were produced, and other similar maps all day if I could.
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For the record, I am very interested in Mesopotamian grain prices.
Implying wars aren’t won by grain prices
Man this line is super arbitrary.
Military history and social history are two sides of the same coin. You can’t understand one without the other.
With as much memery as there is about a certain copper merchant, you’d be surprised.
You can’t understand wars without understanding how resources work. Thats how you get people who firmly believe the Axis could’ve won World War II if they just built one really awesome weapon.
The crusades happened since there were too many second and third sons in Europe that wanted land and kept killing each other.
The pope thought, let’s kill the brown people instead.
You claim this and then I go on to play EU5 having no idea what combination of taxation upon the rich and poor would extract just enough wealth that I don’t get couped and piked.
Off topic. But all the sudden all the YouTube channels about medieval fantasy are covering the economics of their fantasy realm of choice. Like “what was Aaregorn’s tax policy”. It’s pretty interesting.
My very first “real” history class was my freshman year of highschool and our teacher used the book “The History Of Food” to teach us the first semester of World History. I had never been so fascinated by farming before.
(What’s funny is that our teacher was actually the girls basketball coach but he was a great history teacher as well.)
I’d be willing to bet a lot of wars have begun and ended due to grain prices.
I feel like a big part of history’s obsession with war is just how well documented it is. The subtle shifts in culture that happen from week to week can get lost in the headlines but every part of war is remembered by someone.
Let me tell ya, there’s this copper merchant — Ea-Nasir his name is — let’s just say, … Sub-par copper.
Genuinely, sometimes the little bits of history can be so fascinating
I mostly study history for ttrpg reasons, but I love the niche details of real history as inspiration for my games.
Like, ancient chinese horse ownership. At one point in ancient china, due to the cost of raising horses, they were all primarily owned by the emperor, but used for economic and war purposes. That feels so odd to consider!
Or just how the history of the steam engine that got us trains is about a 100 year period, of steady slow improvements, but then resulted in one of the first trains ever officially built in China to be fully eunuch powered.
I don’t consider any of this ‘useful’ information, but I feel enriched for knowing it.
The battle of bumfuck-upon-twee is why grain prices are what they are
You know what I wanna know about? The economics of medieval towns under siege. How did they distribute resources? Was there somebody with all the flower making a killing?
I want to know what a random citizen did as their daily routine in some of the first city states man
I just wanna know about ancient agriculture period
At least it’s not about copper swear only memes and knowledge from that time is always about guy with bad copper 🤣🤣🤣🤣
YEAAHH!!!! I FUCKING LOVE LEARNING ABOUT MATERIAL ECONOMIC HISTORY. I WANT TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT GOODS WERE PRODUCED IN VARIOUS AREAS THROUGH TIME, AND THE METHODS IN WHICH THEY WERE PRODUCED. I ALSO WISH TO LEARN ABOUT THE SUPPLY CHAIN REQUIRED TO OBTAIN THE BASE MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT TO MAKE PRODUCTION POSSIBLE!!!!!
In case you’re wondering, I AM 100% percent serious. I swear I could look at maps that show where different empires extracted natural resources from, where different agricultural goods were produced, and other similar maps all day if I could.