Not exact matches
He argues that the European landmass, without barriers
for protection, was locked into
constant warfare the forced organized populations to be well armed in offensive and defensive capabilities and sciences that would constantly make improvements in things like medicine (to increase population) and food technologies (to feed the masses) and so forth.
The
constant warfare, heavy taxation, and depredations of battle that the poor were obliged to endure
for generation after generation threw thousands into misery and discontent.
The BattleTech Universe is one of near -
constant warfare and feudal political intrigue, where great noble houses vie
for dominance of a vast region of space known as the Inner Sphere.