From Pre-history to the Crusades

Robert U. Ayres ()
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Chapter Chapter 1 in The History and Future of Economics, 2023, pp 1-8 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Humans appear to be among the most sociable and territorial of all animals. The primary resource of primitive tribes, was territory in which to search for food. Land is the source of all biological and mineral resources. Since prehistory it has been “improved” by forest clearing, wild animal capture and breeding, agriculture, and irrigation. If the territory available to a tribe is inadequate (or is perceived to be inadequate) to support the population, leaders try to increase the territory under control by conquest. Throughout human history, the most effective leaders are remembered by their conquests. We make statues of “great” conquerors (usually on horseback) from Cyrus the Great to Alexander the Great, to Julius Cesar, to Attila the Hun, to Genghis Khan, to Tamerlane, Charlemagne, to Peter the Great, Napoleon Bonaparte, Frederick the Great, Catherine the Great… the names are familiar

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-26208-1_1

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