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ROB-ROX

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5. I this number is WRONG

Mon Feb 11, 2019, 03:19 PM

Feb 2019

California has good weather and very good land with natural food and hunting. I was told that 10% of the North American natives lived in California and this population was one million. This would mean the North America population was 10 million. Maybe South America was definitely greener so maybe 20 million people? Most people lived off the land and did not farm or herd animals so I do not think 50 million lived in these two continents or died here by the new people.

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Christian conquest of the Americas killed 50 million people [View all] Voltaire2 Feb 2019 OP

The standard reply Cartoonist Feb 2019 #1

Everyone kills 50 million now and then Major Nikon Feb 2019 #2

Correct. trotsky Feb 2019 #15

I only read the linked article, but grumpyduck Feb 2019 #3

Most died from diseases that quickly spread far inland marylandblue Feb 2019 #4

I this number is WRONG ROB-ROX Feb 2019 #5

You were told by whom? Mariana Feb 2019 #6

They didn't die all in one year... NeoGreen Feb 2019 #7

Who said they didn't farm of herd animals? Lordquinton Feb 2019 #8

Apparently the huge agrarian empires Voltaire2 Feb 2019 #16

There's a lot of misinformation out there Lordquinton Feb 2019 #17

There are no accurate numbers for pre-Columbian population in the Americas marylandblue Feb 2019 #9

You're going to need to support your claims. MineralMan Feb 2019 #10

From CNN. Voltaire2 Feb 2019 #11

To be fair, most died from disease that traveled faster than the white man. MarvinGardens Feb 2019 #12

Native people were slaughtered from Hudson Bay Voltaire2 Feb 2019 #13

Did I say that the white man did not do those things? MarvinGardens Feb 2019 #14