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Farming = more/stable food = higher population = standing army.

• euroderf 3y ago
  and time and tools to tinker with tech ?
  • optimalsolver 3y ago
    Hunter gatherers have far more free time than agriculturalists.
    • euroderf 3y ago
      Depends on the local climate ? Can't be easy to be a H/G and not have a surplus for the winter.
• raoulkent 3y ago
  This was a time before armies in Scandinavia.