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I think with modern hindsight, growth would be fairly straightforward, but it’s anachronistic to bring 21st century intellectual tools to bear in a 10th Century context, like bringing a machine gun (and plenty of ammo) to a medieval battlefield. Even things like knowing about sanitation (so don’t put wells where you dump your sewer) would help massively.


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