Why did England and Ireland, the big Atlantic islands managed

>>3110515
>Warmer
That's the answer. Hot weather makes people stupid, lazy and short-sighted.

>>3110515
T. Someone who has never read the history of the Isles.

Britain has an immensely fertile climate

>>3110521
This is actually a great answer.

With the cold the British became smart fuckers, while those hairy Mediterraneans were basically cavemen before Nordic Romans showed up, when the Romans disappeared the islands plunged back into chaos and were easily dominated by superior foreigners.

>>3110534
Britain's actually rather warm because of its oceanic climate

>>3110545
No it isn't

>why are small islands with less resources not as successful as a large island with rich resources

>>3110548
What resources does island have?

What resources does Iceland have?

>>3110534
>Nordic Romans
kek

>>3110534
>Nordic Romans

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>>3110546
Considering it's about at a similar latitude as Kiev and Warsaw, yes it is.

>>3110552
>>3110556
The Romans were Indoeuropeans from the Caspian steppe

>>3110557
Not when compared to the Mediterranean islands

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>>3110521
>>3110527
>>3110534
>>3110562
There are about a gorillian different factors affecting climate and agriculture, but generally the region encompassing northeastern France, northwestern Germany, Ned and southeastern England was very productive. I'll call this region channelcoast.

As the volume of north sea trade increased, this area became a center for manufacturing with timber from the baltic, iron ore from Sweden and Spain and various agricultural products from the rest of Europe and down the Rhine all being brought to the dense population centers there. This was when being an island and sociological factors became important, Britain was under less strain from Europe's wars and became a much more free commerce oriented society that provided fertile breeding grounds for the industrial revolution.

Surrounding regions were a bit less productive and couldn't compete as a center. Ireland is a bit too wet, other regions are too hilly, too far inland to be accessible by sea trade or a bit cooler or too dry. As you go further south, the Mediterranean becomes the primary trade network needing its own center, northern and central Italy were very productive and a smaller blobs along the coast of the Mediterranean like the Guadalquivir valley. Italy came to dominate Mediterranean trade as it did back in the day and entered a renaissance though it was later dwarfed by European powers.