How did the island of England become a power(wayyyy back then, not now) and conquer larger lands when they had such limited land, food and supplies?
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The British Isles were insanely resource rich(fish, iron, trees, etc), they dealt with less constant conflict because they were an island nation, and they were never fully romanized, so the colapse of the WRO didn’t hit them as hard as it did others.
Furthermore, as an island nation it was natural for them to have fairly advanced ship-building for both trade and defense, and a robust naval tradition. As a matter of fact, the “British Empire” as we think about it today came about almost as an accident of them trading far and wide during the age of sail. While late to the colonization game, their existing naval infrastructure, including far-flung trading ports and the chartered company system allowed them to expand rapidly to a place where *literally*, “The sun never sets on the British Empire”…
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