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The gunpowder revolution required a supporting economy: sulfur, saltpeter farming, chemical refinement, transport and storage systems, ironworks, and foundries.
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Gunpowder Economy
The gunpowder revolution required a supporting economy: sulfur, saltpeter farming, chemical refinement, transport and storage systems, ironworks, and foundries.
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A whole-society approach directs material, trade, production, specialists, industry, research, bureaucracy, and military hierarchy toward gunpowder warfare.
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"Most people are using spears and pikes to gather, okay? They also have cavalry as well. So the problem for the Europeans is how..."
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"So if you look at the history of Europe, most wars, the vast majority of wars, were actually fought over the Italian peninsula. One,..."
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"And the Europeans had to figure out ways to mass produce salt, pepper. And that's why they came up with these nitrate, okay, or..."
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"...to do trade, and production, okay? You needed to create a gunpowder economy if you are to have a gunpowder army. But you also..."
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"You also need a bureaucracy to coordinate. And you also need a military hierarchy. Why? Because these soldiers need to be trained on how..."
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Gunpowder is not powerful because it makes a louder weapon.
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