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Re:Evidence for European presence in the Americas in AD 1021 by irrational on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @04:11PM (#28935759)
Isn't that because Europe was able to bounce back while in the Americas, the diseases were immediately followed up by the European colonizers who didn't give them time or space to repopulate?
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Re:Evidence for European presence in the Americas in AD 1021 by AlotOfReading on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @04:21PM (#28935944)
That's exactly the point. Epidemic disease alone is an insufficient explanation for the demographic collapse of indigenous Americans.
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Re:Evidence for European presence in the Americas in AD 1021 by bobthepanda on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @10:51PM (#28939668)
Is it not?

We have a more recent example in Hawaii. Hawaii was not subjugated by any foreign power until the 1890s. That being said, the Native Hawaiian population pretty much collapsed from a high of 300,000 in 1770 to 20,000 in 1920.

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Re:Evidence for European presence in the Americas in AD 1021 by irrational on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @04:53PM (#28936410)
Yes, but guns are an insufficient explanation for the complete overthrown of indigenous Americans. Or even the primary cause.
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