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Superior Weapons and Horses Explained
- The Spanish conquest, led by a few hundred soldiers, defeated tens of thousands of Inca due to superior weapons and horses.
- Steel armor, weapons, and horses gave Eurasian invaders overwhelming advantages over Native American civilizations.
Eurasian Environmental Advantage
- Eurasian environments offered many more domesticable plants and animals than other continents.
- This environmental bounty enabled earlier and more powerful agricultural and societal development in Eurasia.
Disease Gave Eurasia Major Edge
- Eurasian societies developed genetic resistance to animal-borne diseases from millennia of exposure.
- These diseases devastated native populations in the Americas, aiding Eurasian conquests more than weapons did.