tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183388327040813760.post55600121083388111..comments2024-03-25T12:50:53.554+05:30Comments on Ajivaka Wallacian ஆசிவக வாலேசன்: 1493 - The Columbian Exchange VarahaMihira Gopuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08159184223145034793noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183388327040813760.post-34328198731677192532022-05-12T23:33:04.789+05:302022-05-12T23:33:04.789+05:30Very informative and insightful. And yes, it remi...Very informative and insightful. And yes, it reminded me of your other blogs on Alchemy of Air and Wallace line, which you later mentioned in your notes here.<br /><br />Interesting points:<br /><br />"The massive death of people in the Americas, meant they stopped cutting trees to burn them, so forests grew back and sucked out so much Carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, that they caused the Cold Snap, a mini Ice Age. (This is usually not mentioned in newspaper reports about Global Warming)."<br /><br />"Potato was the fuel of European empires, said Mann. We don’t usually consider the political implications of vegetables; its not something that seems to interest historians." <br /><br />"Mann posits that Malarial Immunity helped growth of slavery - living slaves were better than dead indentured workers, and since Africans who had the genes to resist malaria outlasted the white and native American population who had almost no immunity against these diseases, germs and genes played a major role in the continuance of slavery."<br /><br />Wonderful write-up.Shantalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02251197087245816892noreply@blogger.com