India was to saltpeter (gunpowder – the commodity of empires) in the age of expl

India was to saltpeter (gunpowder – the commodity of empires) in the age of exploration, as is the Middle east to oil (fuel – the commodity of federations), in the age of industrialization. This is a non-trivial origin of the capture of India just as the capture of ME oil fields.


Source date (UTC): 2022-09-27 15:47:39 UTC

Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1574787864159821824

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