If you destroy mediterranean trade through raiding and piracy you will impoverish its dependents. Arabs did.
Source date (UTC): 2019-09-26 23:32:36 UTC
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@roytapel @JohnMarkSays If you conquer the main trade routes between the four continents and tax them you will be wealthier like running a toll bridge – it’s not hard. The arabs destroyed the genetics, institutions, arts, literature, culture of every great civilization of the ancient world.
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@roytapel @JohnMarkSays If you conquer the main trade routes between the four continents and tax them you will be wealthier like running a toll bridge – it’s not hard. The arabs destroyed the genetics, institutions, arts, literature, culture of every great civilization of the ancient world.
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