Wit
Charisma
and Risk-taking
The map above shows what Europe’s borders looked on the eve of World War One in 1914, overlaid on top of the borders of European countries today. ... The Austro-Hungarian Empire and Russian Empires in particular controlled most of the today’s Central and Eastern European states.
1, 3, 4, and 5. These were all problems during the industrial age.
No main purpose was fur trading
