The Great Dying: Disease, Collapse, and Colonization
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The Great Dying: Disease, Collapse, and Colonization

2025-07-10
The provided text explores "The Great Dying," the catastrophic demographic collapse of Indigenous American populations following European contact. It outlines the pre-Columbian epidemiological environment, noting the absence of Old World "crowd diseases" due to the Americas' isolation and different animal domestication practices. The text details the "Columbian Exchange," emphasizing the one-sided introduction of devastating pathogens like smallpox and measles, which acted as an "inv...
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