iirc, the numbers lost to disease are between 70M and 700M, depending on who's right about pop
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the entire planet didn't have a billion ppl until several centuries later
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it's certainly possible i'm misremembering. old vs new scholarship spread was huge, though
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oh, for sure--but a 7-70 mil spread is more realistic even w/new scholarship
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Either way I have a new appreciation for just how metal the conquest of the Americas was!
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early colonist's guns were apparently not really a match for bow & arrows, too
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Unsurprising. Early guns were only great in massed fire scenarios.
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(and very contentious, by no means settled)
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