Re: history

From: David Dunham <dunham_at_pensee.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 1998 17:45:13 -0800


> how much impact did the Napoleonic wars have on the development
> of the USA?)

Unimaginably large impact. They allowed us to make the Louisiana Purchase, nearly doubling the size of the USA.

> The fall of the Inka empire is another case of
> an empire's knowledge falling apart against religious fanatics combining
> arms with ruthless raiders.

Um, didn't the Inka empire fall to gold-crazed adventurers, after being decimated by disease?

David Dunham <mailto:dunham_at_pensee.com> Glorantha/RQ page: <http://www.pensee.com/dunham/glorantha.html> Imagination is more important than knowledge. -- Albert Einstein


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