来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：欧洲文明 第10集 第10集》
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The growth of cities, the growth of bureaucracies,城市的发展 官僚制度的滋生 -
of the state, the growth of garrisons who have to be fed政治集团的扩大 守备部队的增加 -
increases the pressure on grain in times of harvest failure.在庄稼歉收时给粮食供给增加了压力 -
Grain riots not only have the timing of markets粮食暴动不仅会发生在赶集的时候 -
when grain is leaving the town, but obviously the subtext is那时候粮食被运走 很显然的是 -
that in times of these cyclical harvest failures.粮食暴动也会周期性发生在庄稼歉收时节 -
The harvest fails. Credit is withdrawn.庄稼歉收 结余减少 -
The price of bread goes up and the riots start.面包价格上涨 暴动也随之而来 -
If you look at where the riots start如果你看看刚刚我所谈到的 -
in any of these countries that I've talked about,那些国家发生暴动的地方 -
it's in response to你会发现那是人们对于 -
grain being taken out of rural regions商人们从乡下带走粮食