Quote Originally Posted by Shade View Post
So there were enough people living in an organised enough fashion to trade in goods on a continental scale, but not enough to avoid 'uninhabited wasteland'?
I fear, such debating skills leave much to be desired, as the clear call for evidence was well stated. As for the point thus raised, for example, the words 'uninhabited' nor 'wasteland' were never used. Again, it was stated that 'Alba controlled the northern European trade in ivory and seal skin.' Herein, the word 'trade' was not used as a verb (the act of exchange), but rather as a noun, with the intent to denote the informal procurement (as per clan or family Hunts) and initially exchange (clans and foreign traders/emporium) of said items, followed by their passage into the formal continental markets. In theory, this process would have occurred in much the fashion that the Finns of pRIA Finland procured and introduced fur and amber, which eventually made their way into the continental markets.

Again, the call was made for evidence, as words without substance simply fall-flat and lessens the potency of any discussion. Nonetheless, there is no harm in adding ones two cents, if indeed they are constructive.