Message from @L0GAN
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In ~1300
okay
eh, in ~1500
Why the fuck didn't they have guns?
Or colonies in the New World?
I can answer this for you.
It's because they didn't need it
They had guns.
There was no real push
Well, largescale gunpowder armies
Or cannons
firecrackers attached to sticks.
They created other major things, and never had to fight international wars
As Europeans were adapting to
harmless
Yes, but not proper guns
They had no need for massive amounts of guns
That actually could reliably kill people
See.
Logan, in Africa, the Empires primarily relied upon trade
They didn't have need for guns as it didn't suit their style of warfare
europe had the guns.
The empire of Kilwa was isolated, for instance
functioning,
They needed a strong navy
for trade
for their position on the sea road
So they actually had more advanced technology than europeans on that front
Europeans, however, had massive political divides and bountiful warfare
They required technology to enhance destruction
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Oh, and I should add, the conditions in Europe were way different
I don't know terribly much about Kilwa, Mali, Nubia, Great Zimbabwe, or other mighty African empires
it's not my historical speciality
So one liking ships and the other liking canons makes the whole race retarded
But I know in the instance of China and Europe
China needed mobile warfare to combat the mongols
Europe needed more land because the continent was a shithole
Not a shithole
Thus, leading to emphasis on fast-firing weapons... Gunpowder weapons didn't offer that initially