thinking about how gunpowder technology made nation building possible on a wide scale on planet earth.<br /><br />Question is does the advent of new and effective destructive technology become the catalyst for nation and empire building?<br /><br />Yes there are examples of nations and empires pre gunpowder (Inca's and Chinese etc) which would seem to indicated that these destructive technologies are not neccessary for nation and empire building and you might make a case that the lack of a credible oponent facilitates some of those empires.<br /><br />My basic premise is that a technological edge facilitates empire building- Roman empire a good example here but then the advent of wide spread gunpowder use changed the dynamics in Europe and brought in a period of nation building<br /><br />having stated that; whats the impact in alien societies? Is gunpowder a key tech that usually brings about nation and empire building and usually results in a global government withing a few centuries? Certainly other industrial technologies that facilitate faster travel, and communication also aid this.<br />
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