Answering Yali’s Question
Why were Eurasians able to dominate native peoples of Polynesia, Pacific
Oceania, Australia and the Americas?
Spanish vs. Incas 1532--The Battle of Cajamarca: What advantages do you see?
Eurasian Technological Advantages
Why did Eurasians have the advantages of superior technology?
Technological Advances Result From Specialization of Labor
Which is Possible Only When There Is A Food Surplus
Which Requires Many Productive, Domesticable Plants and Animals
Why Did Eurasia Have So Many Large Domesticable Animals when
the Rest of the World Didn’t?
Eurasia Sub-Saharan Africa
Americas Australia
Species that met some criteria for domestication
72
51
24
1
Species that met ALL criteria for domestication
13
0
1
0
Not All Species Are Domesticable
Some Animals Were Useful in War
Others Helped Eurasians Spread Contagious Disease
The Labor Surplus Allowed Eurasian Societies to Produce
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And Retain Them Permanently
Why Did Eurasian Technology, and Domesticated Species
Spread So Efficiently ?
