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Okay, what does agriculture let you do?? Gather a larger group of people into a smaller area. Even animals "war", they fight for resources. What we did was discovered a way to let one guy specialize in food production to free up others into taking others food. Napoleon says an army marches on its stomach, meaning that crappy logistics = a crappy army.
So let's go to the next innovation: Roads. Is it a more efficient way to move goods for trade or a way to quickly move your troops to reinforce key areas? Romans were known for there roads, they were also known for their armies and they let eqypt be the bread basket for their empire.
Have you ever thought of the concept of total war? The idea that the factories and farms of a country are a military asset? So attacking civilian populations was acceptable to stop resource development. Famous American General who followed this train of thought, William Tecumseh Sherman. Love him or hate him he precipitated the collapse of the confederacy.
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