A while ago I asked you about historical examples of the “resource curse,” and it seems like perhaps my question was perhaps a little vague. It seems to me that virtually all examples of the resource curse that I’m aware of were in at least the early Modern world, become more common the closer you get to the present day, and they are particularly prevalent in capitalist society. What I wanted to know was whether it is unique to modern history, or if there are examples from pre-modern history.