tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post5346385053446751696..comments2023-06-20T02:25:36.578-07:00Comments on The Scholar's Stage: Smallpox on the SteppeT. Greerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-70034449715460517702014-03-08T16:36:24.279-08:002014-03-08T16:36:24.279-08:00Cahokia:
While smallpox did outpace European col...Cahokia:<br /><br /><br />While smallpox did outpace European colonizers in the Americas, "exposed periodically to smallpox epidemics over an extended period of time" describes what happened to Amerindian populations as well. <br /><br /><br />For example, see <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=vSCra8jUI2EC&lpg=PP1&dq=1491&pg=PA147#v=onepage&q&f=false" rel="T. Greerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-88787997197415830052014-03-08T13:48:46.376-08:002014-03-08T13:48:46.376-08:00What puzzles me about this is that it appears as i...What puzzles me about this is that it appears as if smallpox spread much more rapidly and virulently in the New World, outpacing the movement of European colonizers. By contrast, from this account, it sounds as if steppe nations like the Mongols and Manchus were exposed periodically to smallpox epidemics over an extended period of time. <br /><br />Also, why would the Mongols have not been Cahokianoreply@blogger.com