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History is very complicated and full of contradictions. Imperial Russia is often dubbed as a semi-medieval state, yet it was able to build the Trans-Siberian Ra
by nextos 9y ago
History is very complicated and full of contradictions. Imperial Russia is often dubbed as a semi-medieval state, yet it was able to build the Trans-Siberian Railway which was a massive engineering feat.
- jscipione 9y agoThere is no contradiction, medieval states regularly build massive engineering feats including Cathedrals all over Europe.
- astrodust 9y agoPretty easy to build megastructures when you're the Church and you can squeeze the local population for every bit of money they have. Those things would also take several generations to build. They weren't comparable to highways or railways that got laid down within a decade.
- digi_owl 9y agoMany such contructions gets done for military reasons. The railway was a massive improvement for moving men and material in times of war. Damn it, one may wonder if the US highway system had not happened had it not been for the cold war putting a fire under everyones ass.
- greedo 9y agoOr Apollo...