Re: Alternative histories and paralele universes
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, January 4, 1999, 1:21 |
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Kristian Jensen wrote:
> You could also have some kind of
> extinction of burden animals occur in the old world - giving
> Americans the advantage they never had in our Universe.
Or even spare the burden animals in thew New World. But there's another
advantage that the Old World had over the New World - it's more
horizontal, so to speak. The Americas, especially Mesoamerica, are
north-south oriented, so that the spread of crops was impeded, since it
takes longer for crops to be adapted to colder/warmer environments.
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