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MarvinGardens

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

Mon Feb 11, 2019, 09:30 PM

Feb 2019

So the white man didn't need to fire a shot for most of those deaths. I cite as my reference the book "Guns, Germs, and Steel."

That book also explains why the Europeans carried more diseases that were dangerous to the North Americans, rather than vice versa.

What would have happened if all of those indigenous people had not been killed off by disease? Would they have been able to fend off the European invaders?

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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