European history

Rise of the European predatory empires

And how they crushed fledgling Commercial societies

Feb 18 •

The Dutch Republic was extremely rich for its time

and it took a long time for industrialized nations to surpass its per capita GDP

Feb 5 •

How geography enabled Northwest European progress

Because the region has fewer constraints on food production

Nov 29, 2024 •

How geography shaped the history of Mediterranean Europe

including Ancient Greece and Rome

Oct 25, 2024 •

Historians have misunderstood pre-Industrial England

It was unusual long before the Industrial Revolution

Feb 27, 2024 •

Free Peasant societies in history

Or why Scandinavia is so free, equal and prosperous

Feb 20, 2024 •

Was the fall of the Roman empire necessary for modern progress?

Or was it the failures of all other European empires?

Feb 19, 2024 •

The expansion of Medieval Europe

Or how Europe became Europe

Feb 19, 2024 •

Medieval European cities

How they gained independence from their local lords and helped to create modern progress

Feb 15, 2024 •

The Holy Roman Empire was an incubator of Progress

It own dysfunctionality turned out to be its key benefit

Feb 15, 2024 •

Farming in Commercial societies (1500-1800)

And how it generated the food surplus to trigger human material progress

Feb 5, 2024 •

Farming in Medieval Europe

And why medieval peasants were the Silicon Valley of the period.

Jan 24, 2024 •

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