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You can trade and bargain for resources. It only gets to war if someone finds war more appealing.
by akho 2y ago
You can trade and bargain for resources. It only gets to war if someone finds war more appealing.
- wqaatwt 2y agoOr stealing them is easier. Pre modern economies were to a large extent zero sum and violence was pervasive (e.g. there was a lot of overlap between being a merchant and a pirate, you did whichever seemed more profitable at the time).