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by nradov 1814 days ago
At the time European technology wasn't mass produced either. Technological artifacts were still hand made one at a time by artisans.
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Not really true. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercantilism#History

There were lots of artisans, but mercantilism the early stages already had state-run factories for cannons and other "central" managed technology.