@adamkotsko @mattyglesias Not actually true, common misconception http://bit.ly/Zhxaan .
@St_Rev @simplic10 I read a theory recently that there was a population crash in early 1500s due to introduction of European diseases.
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@Meaningness@simplic10 ...land, the remnants of a road system, new crop plants, thanked God when they should have thanked smallpox. -
@St_Rev@simplic10 > irrigation system. But, hmm, wiki attributes this to climate change circa 1400, pre-contact. Never mind! - 4 more replies
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@Meaningness@simplic10 Yeah, discussed at length in Guns, Germs & Steel. Civilizations of the Mississippi river basin were wiped out. -
@St_Rev@simplic10 Oh, thanks, I forgot that is where it was!
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@Meaningness@simplic10 Population crash of up to 90%, survivors reverted to hunting & gathering. White settlers found cleared arable...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Meaningness@simplic10 USA (& Canada) made possible by a genocide, but not--mostly--a deliberate one. The holocaust had already happened.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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