A good point, Frank, but one of bowser's unknowables, I suppose. If they knew as much about nukes as we know today, and the utter failing such an exchange would bring about, the weapons might be used in a limited sense. Such rulers would have to advance studies regarding environmental effects and the back-blast of contamination in survival resources. Disease was everywhere, but the planet was a lot cleaner back then, and the realms of Napoleon and Genghis Khan would be far more complicated than now. In fact, the overall advance required for these two to have developed any form of nuclear energy might preclude the actual existence of disease today.
Different worlds. The thought is that if Julius Caesar had not forced his way into Egypt and had not ignited the papyrus tomes in the Library of Alexandria, we might today be headed for the stars.
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The worlds of Napoleon and Genghis Khan . . .
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