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We also have some circumstantial evidence that trade across the Bering strait was very limited or non-existent in that it didn't appear to introduce Eurasian di
by aetherson 1y ago
We also have some circumstantial evidence that trade across the Bering strait was very limited or non-existent in that it didn't appear to introduce Eurasian diseases to North America.
- ETH_start 1y agoCorrect, the Bering Strait and North Atlantic before the age of sail permitted only low-bandwidth exchange between Eurasia and the Americas, due to the low population densities and harsh low-resource environments at those northern latitudes.