[JMAnon]

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The largest non military growth periods for these civilizations were during minimal central control times, and the military expansion in each of these situations was a major factor in destroying the prosperity which allowed the military expansion in the first place.

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In some cases, the central government was less interventionist during periods of the greatest growth, but your factual claim is way overbroad. America's economy, scientific progress, and population truly bloomed during times of increased regulation in the late 1800s and particularaly after WWII, not during the libertarian heyday of the early 1800s. England, Rome, and Ancient Greece all had strong central governments in place during the periods of greatest innovation in arts and sciences.

In any event, none of the examples I cited were anything close to anarchies during periods of massive growth and progress.