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Europe's Challenging Start
- Europe's harsh climate and less productive land made it a backwater for most history.
- Late Middle Ages changes enabled Europeans to build empires and start industrialization.
Medieval Europe and Vassalage
- Post-Roman Europe fragmented into small kingdoms with local warlords.
- A vassalage system arose with land granted to warriors in place of cash.
Land Ownership and Borders
- Medieval Europe's concept of land was tied to control, not ownership.
- Modern nation-states with defined borders are a recent development after the Middle Ages.