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Is there any backing to this? As I recall feudal societies in both Europe and Japan had the origin of "nobility" in land ownership/control. If you could success
by lumost 5y ago
Is there any backing to this? As I recall feudal societies in both Europe and Japan had the origin of "nobility" in land ownership/control. If you could successfully hold a piece of land as your own you were a noble.
You can imagine this as a form of de facto rule.
- pbalau 5y agoHolding into a piece of land is not a given. The fact that one could hold into that could mean that individual was smarter than the individuals that did not.
- KittenInABox 5y agoIt's pretty easy to hold onto a piece of land if you're the only one who is well-fed, literate, and capable of hiring and feeding personal guards.
- rowanG077 5y agoIsn't that the point? A person with superior genes is more likely to have those qualities.