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There's also the assumption that humans in the Americas, prior to the mass arrival of Europeans, were primitive and did not form sophisticated societies like th
by mykowebhn 2y ago
There's also the assumption that humans in the Americas, prior to the mass arrival of Europeans, were primitive and did not form sophisticated societies like those found in the "Old World". I think this has been otherwise shown, but old assumptions die hard.
- jordanb 2y agoThe large American civilizations (Inca, Aztec, etc) were essentially bronze-age civilizations. Perhaps Europe would have been so as well had there not been a bronze-age collapse.
- dugmartin 2y agoYes, for instance in 1100AD Cahokia Mounds had a larger population than London. https://cahokiamounds.org/ https://cahokiamounds.org/
- argsnd 2y agoI don't think London was a particularly important city in the world in 1100AD