![]() ![]() They have a monopoly on production of these items, sell their second-rate stuff for astronomical prices and keep their first-rate stuff for their own army only.įinally, they have made it known through brutal, ruthless example that if any other city-state starts trying to manufacture their own gunpowder weapons, they're going to invade, burn everything down, and salt the earth. So: Your city-state has been lucky enough to have some really excellent chemists who figured out smokeless powder, and some really excellent metalworkers who figured out rifling and Minie balls. ![]() There are a lot of associated technologies in metallurgy and chemistry that all come together to make gunpowder based weaponry dominant on the battlefield and a military that's making use of all of them is going to have a huge advantage over anybody who doesn't. ![]() The Chinese had it for centuries before they really started using it effectively militarily. First of all, just having gunpowder isn't a huge game-changer. They kill anybody who starts figuring it out. ![]()
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