In those situations, though, the conquering force usually makes a point to avoid letting their core scientific insights spread, lest the tables turn.
the conquering force usually makes a point to avoid letting their core scientific insights spread, lest the tables turn.
Only if the conquered society survives. Often it doesn’t—look at what happened in the Americas.
That seems like a subset, not an exception. A conquered society which doesn’t survive is certainly not going to be adopting higher-tech weapons.
Well that didn’t stop Japan from getting western advisers to help with it’s modernization after Perry opened it.
Interestingly,
In those situations, though, the conquering force usually makes a point to avoid letting their core scientific insights spread, lest the tables turn.
Only if the conquered society survives. Often it doesn’t—look at what happened in the Americas.
That seems like a subset, not an exception. A conquered society which doesn’t survive is certainly not going to be adopting higher-tech weapons.
Well that didn’t stop Japan from getting western advisers to help with it’s modernization after Perry opened it.
Interestingly,