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http://www.amazon.com/1493-Uncovering-World-Columbus-Created-ebook/dp/B004G606EY
Unbelievably interesting book. check it out.
he talks about it.
op is slightly off. when all the natives died from disease, tons of eastern forest regrew and pushed europe into a mini ice age
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Ice_Age#Decreased_human_populations
again, unbelievably good book, check it out
Edit: Adding some sources
http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/full/10.1175/EI157.1
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/january7/manvleaf-010709.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4755328.stm
I really like 1491 and 1493. Anything that smashes this revisionist history thing we've got going in the US.
Can I please point out to all that "source?" does not ask for "a book you once read that claimed this," but rather an academic paper or papers that back up the claim or a reasonably well-known, evidence-based website with references to peer-reviewed articles or books.
I do realize that this particular redditor asked for "source or additional reading material?" Most of the rest of us just want the evidence-based source, which has not been provided here. It is not reasonable to ask us to order and read a book from Amazon in order to accept your sourcing.
Referencing a book you once read and maybe remember or don't quite right is not referencing a "source" although I agree that it can be considered "reading material" the previous redditor asked about.
Many Africans (and therefore african-americans) are heterozygous for sickle-cell anemia, which provides some protection against malaria (see This and this.) These sites show something very different than your claim that there is a "weaker strain" of malaria which is like chickenpox.
Thanks!
Read 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created. It explains everything.
Almost all varieties of potato, including most edible potatoes, contain toxic substances that dictate how they are prepared. Many South American varieties have to be thoroughly roasted, then eaten with a sauce prepared from clay and water. Most westerners don't know much about potato toxicity, apart from possibly having heard they belong to the deadly nightshade family. In any case there'd be no point in marketing the toxic, labor-intensive varieties in markets accustomed to foods that are easy to prepare and present no immediate health risk. If any of this interests you, check out 1493 by Charles C. Mann:
http://www.amazon.com/1493-Uncovering-World-Columbus-Created-ebook/dp/B004G606EY
There's a serious argument that temperature differences have mattered. One suggestion has been made that the American South had more parasites and diseases than the North which resulted in a less intellectual culture (since childhood disease can impact intelligence).
On a radically different track, there's an argument that the African slave trade became so popular in the US because the slaves were often immune or more resistant to many of the diseases, since a lot of the new diseases, such as yellow fever and malaria had been previously active in Africa and the Europeans had less experience with them. Slavery became more prominent in the South because the disease load was worse there. This argument is discussed in the excellent book 1493 which discusses the changes in ecology and related issues after Columbus.
I'm a Spanish teacher to-be and I like reading about the age of discovery and spanish history.
Here are some of my favorite books about Spain, Spanish explorers, and the new world and such. The Dogs of God explains how the Inquisition came about.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000MAH5OC
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001BANK3C
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004G606EY
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000QGES8I
In addition to these books, you can talk about El Cid.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1491:_New_Revelations_of_the_Americas_Before_Columbus
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http://www.amazon.ca/1493-Uncovering-Columbus-Created-ebook/dp/B004G606EY
SO informative.
No. Absolutely no.
They would, however, have been able to seize control over islands, trade guns, and profit massively from trade between Eurasia and America, and they would have dominated the world scene probably just as much. The conquest of the Americas was a steamroller effect on the rest of the world, the power it gave European Nations allowed them to be far more overreaching in their ambitions, to punch above their weight, so to speak. But the benefits of trade and the exchange between continents still would have dramatically transformed the world and Europe would have been at the center of it: they had the ships.
In North America the pilgrims' first settlement was a village that had only recently been abandoned - the Pilgrims uncovered the shallow graves of the majority of people who were hit by that plague. Guns were an important wildcard in colonial times, but historical accounts of Prince Phillip's War and other conflicts show how easy it was for nations like the Mohawk to get guns (and gunsmiths). Guns in battle are particularly overplayed as both the Ottomans and the Comanche later on showed time and time again. (In battle, though. A wound from an arrow usually took a soldier out of the battle, a wound from a gun usually took a soldier out of the war)
In both the Aztec Triple Alliance and with the Incan Empire, both communities were experiencing massive disruption caused by smallpox, which in Mexico emboldened former tributary states, and in Peru, caused a devastating civil war right when Pizarro arrived -- and Pizarro only arrived to conquer because he wanted the prestige of conquering a civilization as what happened in Mexico. If other Europeans had arrived with a different intent, all of that would have gone very differently.
Other places, like in Brazil, we can only imagine. We're only in the last few years using satellite imagery to uncover the cities that used to be there.
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Native to South America, but bred to what we know as tomatoes in Mexico. If you're interested in reading more on this topic and others just like it check out 1493.
Check out the book 1493 by Charles C. Mann. Amazing read., the Potosi mines are featured heavily as it was one of the most important places on earth for 300 years.
I wish more people knew of the history of the area, it's insanely interesting.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004G606EY?pc_redir=1407652532&robot_redir=1
there are a few books you can read on it. i just got this in the mail
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004G606EY/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
Recently there was an interview on NPR with the author of 1493 that proposed the rise of african slavery was partly due to the fact they were more resistant to mosquito bites than the white man. Europeans would bring their servants across and most would die within a year, the africans were much hardier and more desirable.
Do you happen to know how accurate the information in 1493 is? I find the book fascinating, but it seems similar to GG&S and I know it was not written by a historian.
http://www.amazon.com/1493-Uncovering-Columbus-Created-ebook/dp/B004G606EY