• dustyData@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    That patch of land belongs to the King, peasant. Off the Kingswoods with you.

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      Kingdoms back then didn’t have as much control of the land and the people as nation states with all the suppressing technological and army apparatus of today. In many parts of the world you’ll be living peacefully for decades before any tax collectors showed up. World history goes beyond Europe’s borders