>Knights Templar >East India Company What are some other

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OK sorry let me rephrase my thread.

Who would win in a war between Templars and East India hurr durr

>>2388999
The FED

>>2388999
Venetian bankers might be around the EITC in power in Europe.

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You should have taken the original East India(n) Company.

>>2389288
lol no, they were a bunch of separate families with no army just killing each other.

>>2389286
I got found out

Walmart.

>>2388999
Italian merchants and banks essentially ruled the City-state Republics during the high Renaissance, with the Medici family in particular exercising full control over Florence and having a great deal of influence in Siena, Milan, Ferrara, and other states.

>>2389322
not true, the Italian merchant banks hired Condottieri (professional mercenaries) all the time to defend their interests against other banks and merchants who might try to seize assets or interrupt trade.