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canetoad

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2. For your answer

Reply to Zeitghost (Reply #1)

Tue Jul 20, 2021, 12:32 AM

Jul 2021

Look no further than the explorers of old. Some wanted to spread religion, the vast majority were looking for land to appropriate, riches to steal and shorter, faster, cheaper routes to import luxury goods.

Pretty much the same as it is now.

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