I can see 3 main groups:
The poor - they have a promise of a “reward” in heaven if they obey Church and King.
The Church and King - it provided them with great temporal power. Ever hear of the Divine Right of Kings?
Those people that Xtian armies or “missionaries” held at sword point and gave them the choice of convert or die.
Technology/productivity
Taxes/subsidies
Price expectations
Number of competitors
Input costs
Answer:
Because it does. No other answer. This is one of those Impossible to Answer questions from college.
1 and 3 are correct, this is due to the fact that modern technology is constantly growing and other developed nations are feeling threatened or inferior when another developed nation grows further ahead. National security has also grown global, just the threat of a foreign country developing nuclear capability is enough for another country to launch missle strikes or other acts in order to quell the threat of another nuclear capable country. 2 is not correct because industrial strategies are being shared throughout the world constantly and the safety of a country no longer stands by their standing army or navy, but by the threat of nuclear capability or a possibility of retaliation through explosive nature. Even today, most wars are done through the army holding down a line, and the navy/airforce launching long ranged missile attacks of various nature.
