Comment by triceratops
3 hours ago
That was centuries before European colonization began. They recovered, and by the 18th century, were the most prosperous, productive regions of the world. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50009485
3 hours ago
That was centuries before European colonization began. They recovered, and by the 18th century, were the most prosperous, productive regions of the world. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50009485
Well my point was in a way, the warlords were still in charge, even though they adopted the cultures of the peoples they conquered.
Although in a sense, Great Britain itself is not dissimilar in that it was conquered by Normans (descendants of quasinomadic Vikings)