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Re:Life in the Americas Before Columbus (2002) by qwerta on Monday October 13, 2014 @04:43PM (#8450546)
It goes both ways. For example Syphilis spread in Europe after 1495, most likely brought by Columbus from America.
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Re:Life in the Americas Before Columbus (2002) by nyolfen on Monday October 13, 2014 @07:18PM (#8451189)
syphilis didn't wipe out 80% of europeans however
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Re:Life in the Americas Before Columbus (2002) by qwerta on Monday October 13, 2014 @07:37PM (#8451228)
epidemics are very common in european history
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Re:Life in the Americas Before Columbus (2002) by nyolfen on Wednesday October 15, 2014 @12:24AM (#8457156)
yes but nowhere near that scale
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