Would that have worked out better for them? Both Persia and China were centralized empires and they didn’t fare any better against the guns and cannons of industrialized Europe. The Chinese empire had some outdated respect for the land due to their old Shamanistic beliefs and didn’t want to mine coal for industrialization. Same thing hap…
Would that have worked out better for them? Both Persia and China were centralized empires and they didn’t fare any better against the guns and cannons of industrialized Europe. The Chinese empire had some outdated respect for the land due to their old Shamanistic beliefs and didn’t want to mine coal for industrialization. Same thing happened to the native Americans. Only when China had arms production on par with the Western countries did they start winning wars.
Would that have worked out better for them? Both Persia and China were centralized empires and they didn’t fare any better against the guns and cannons of industrialized Europe. The Chinese empire had some outdated respect for the land due to their old Shamanistic beliefs and didn’t want to mine coal for industrialization. Same thing happened to the native Americans. Only when China had arms production on par with the Western countries did they start winning wars.