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Re:The Horse Helped Shape Our World at Great Expense to Itself by tacomonstrous on Friday February 16, 2018 @11:10AM (#16393305)
Also, the Americas till the Europeans showed up.
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Re:The Horse Helped Shape Our World at Great Expense to Itself by toasterlovin on Friday February 16, 2018 @11:47AM (#16393615)
The Europeans showing up is part of history. And the horse is one of the things which gave Europeans a huge advantage over the native populations here. Hence, I, a descendant of Europeans, am writing this to you from the Americas.
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Re:The Horse Helped Shape Our World at Great Expense to Itself by samastur on Friday February 16, 2018 @12:02PM (#16393738)
Not nearly as much as germs and muskets.
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Re:The Horse Helped Shape Our World at Great Expense to Itself by jessaustin on Friday February 16, 2018 @01:10PM (#16394344)
Everyone has germs, but they wouldn't have had the muskets and more notably the boats to get here without the horse.
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Re:The Horse Helped Shape Our World at Great Expense to Itself by philwelch on Friday February 16, 2018 @02:25PM (#16395159)
If it wasn't for germs and muskets, the Comanche would have conquered North America just like the Mongols conquered Eurasia.
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