Buccaneers and Privateers

"From the decline of the Roman Empire until 1500, Europe was burdened by the termoil of endless and pointless wars in which rival noble factions fought one another to exhustion in a cimpetition to expand their personal power. Imperial rulers enlarged their domains primarily by pushing their borders outward throug the military conquest of contiguous territories. The vaguished people and thier lands were brought under the central military and administrative control of the city in which the ruling king or emperor resided (58)."

You always talk to us about how we need to sound knowledgable and aware of all apsect of the subjects we talk about, and as I read through this book it became very clear how helpful it is to sound like you know what you're talking about. This passage is, again, from the book Agenda for a New Economy and as you can see this passage doesn't really have much to do with today's American economy. But that's the novel of it all. The author is giving his audience a sort of background foundation for everything he talks about so that his audience not only trusts what the author tells them, but also has the ability to follow along to all of the reverences. This whole chapter talks about ancient economies and how they grew and didn't grow. All of this comes in really handy knowing that I need to sound this knowledgable in my research paper, and seeing all of this in practice the task itself doesn't feel as daunting. If this author can write an entire "reseach" book than I can certainly write a six page research paper.