ambarish pandharikar

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Major things that came out of different places,
Paper from China
Alebra from Islam
Spinning wheel from India
Telescope from Europe
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Pangea separated 230 million years ago
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Amazon/South american forests created 3/5 of the edible things in the world (corn, tomato, chillies, avacado, acai etc.)
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There are 4 known major civilization’s in the eastern hemisphere 1. (Mesopotamian) Sumerian — 3100 BC,
2. (Egyptian) Nile Delta — 3150 BC, 3. Indus Valley — 3300 BC, 4. Huanghe Valley (Yellow River) — 3000-2500 BC. There were many other civilizations but these 4 stayed.
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All people who blame mordern medicine should read about ancient history, how epidemics killed humans like flies and there was no way stop it. Almost all of these civilizations had their own local but it did not work.
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After research it was found that all native american people came from the same gene pool. That genepool was susceptible to germs/mirobial diseases. It was just by chance, no specific reason. Europeans where not affected because they were exposed to it
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Aztec Empire (succeeded by Maya or Triple Alliance) (150 - 1600 AD), Capital: Tenochtitlan, Controlled area 220k sq km’s, Population: 5-6 million people. Hernán Cortés (spanish conquistador) - Conquered the Aztec Empire in Mexico from 1519 to 1521
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Inca Empire (1400 - 1575 AD), Capital: Tawantinsuyu, Controlled area 2 crore sq km’s, Population: ~35 million people, they were communists (everything owned by state), created highway’s, Francisco Pizarro with his army (barely 200) conquered the Inca Empire from 1531-33
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Horses were not common to America’s. The spanish brought them to America’s.
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Conquistadors or conquistadores were the explorer-soldiers of the Spanish and Portuguese empires of the 15th and 16th centuries.
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Total native population was 90-120 million (higher assumption) in americas before Columbus arrived.
More people lived in Americas than in Europe. Epidemics killed close to 80-100 million in 200 years after 15th century.
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First proper settlement (colony) was established by british in Jamestown in 1607, Viginia (104 people) settled there and named it after their king (King James)
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Mayflower was an English ship that transported a group of English families, known today as the Pilgrims, from England to the New World in 1620. The pilgrims came to America in search of religious freedom.
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At first English were allowed to land in North East America (somewhere close to Boston) to trade but told to leave soon by Indians (1495 to 1550)
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After columbus spread the news. Kings assigned search parties to acquire new land, Venture capitalists sent ships to acquire goods and people, some went to gain power & recognition, some went for getting positions in government, some came in search of gold (like Pizzaro)
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In 1492 Christopher Columbus discovered America, but didn't know what it was. Americo Vespucci made 3 voyages 1499, 1502 and 1503. Columbus found the new world, but Vespucci was the man who recognized that it was a new world. In his honor the continent is called America.
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Fact: Zero was discovered in India in 2nd century AD, travelled to europe in 12th century from arabic numerals (which were banned in europe for a while)
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What sumerians (4500 BC) are to (eastern hemisphere) Olmecs (1600 BC) in Mexico are to the americas, known for their masks.
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Sumerians (were the first still debated) in the place that we now know as Iraq and Israel in middle east put these inventions (wheels and metal tools) together and added writing and 4500 BCE created the first civilization
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If you can't explain a thing in very simple terms to others, then you don't understand it yourself.
-- Richard Feynman
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