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  1. 10-07-2008, 00:35 #20
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    Default Re: What have been decisive weapons?

    What about the cannon. There abillity to knock down all but the most expensive fortifications plus there cost firmly shifted helped develop the nation state by shifting the power to the kings. Laying the groundwork for the modern professional standing army. It also had a massive amount of social effects in addition to centralization, for example spawning the rise of the middle class.


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