GGR329H5 Study Guide - Final Guide: Domestication, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever, Fertile Crescent
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Smallpox (already decimated inca empire, led to civil war between. Invasion ultimately succeeded not through fighting but when the influx of settlers was large enough to overwhelm native populations in target areas. Except for mexico (1521), no real major invasion wars, battles, reinforcements etc. More internal revolution against aztecs rather than european invasion . Role of disease: disease wiped out the natives in later years rather than at first when the spanish showed up. Diet (cheap calories, but poor nutrition) / h-g: varied diet. Greater risk of starvation if crop failure. Crowding: a spread of parasites and infectious diseases. High death ratio (40% of children under 15 died) Not agricultural diseases, but zoonoses. (infections transmitted to humans by wild animals or their parasites) Rise of agriculture: increasing displace stuff that"s not useful to human beings to replace with stuff that is useful for human beings. Relative decline in availability of wild foods.
