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WiM002 - The Saylor Series | Episode 2 | The Rise of Man through the Dark and Steel Ages

The "What is Money?" Show

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Can the British Build a Railroad to Khartum?

The railroads became instrumental to the logistic movement of armies anda, they drove economic and political power. The entire outcome of the war comes down to the question, can the british build a railroad to khartum? And if thebritish succeed in building a railroad, they win. If they can't build the railroad, they can't provision the army, and they can't move their heavy equipment, and they lose the war. I think there's a similar story in american civil war. Once the railroad crossed the continent, you know, it's manifest destiny. States was going to dominate without that railroad.

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