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I always have to force myself to remember that North Americ pre-Columbus was not a bunch of plain dwelling nomads hunting buffalo - that was the post-apocalypti
by lifeisstillgood 6y ago
I always have to force myself to remember that North Americ pre-Columbus was not a bunch of plain dwelling nomads hunting buffalo - that was the post-apocalyptic survivors. I have never heard of a city state in illinois that lasted from before William the conqueror to after William wallace. And I am glad it's in my vague history of the world now. Especially as I also have to remember this is the "other" kind of corn (Us vs UK)!
But that post 1492 pandemic must have been terrifying beyond anything we can imagine now. Imagine not just coronavirus but basically every virus hitting you all at once.
- jbattle 6y agoTo be fair, Cahokia was (if I remember right) the only large city for literally 1000 miles. If anything that impresses me all the more - these people may have spontaneously invented the idea of urbanism. I believe there were widespread trade networks, I'm not clear how many ideas were transmitted from mesoamerica to the mississippian culture
- brandmeyer 6y agoAlso, Cahokia was abandoned hundreds of years prior to European contact.