Although European weapons, cavalry charges, soldiers dressed in armor, and the raging beasts (horses), played a huge role in the history of Stone Age warriors, the introduction of animals and new grains was just as important to the Neolithic Revolution. It also played a bigger importance in the defeat of the New World. Another significant occurrence that has to be mentioned in the imperialist conquest is the devastating effects of foreign diseases on the bodies and religi

Crosby marks out the history of Western expansion from the Crusades through the colonization of the Canary Islands, the Western Hemisphere, Oceania and Africa. In many instances, the native plants, animals, and people were altered to such an extent that the outcome of the ecosystems looked like that of Europe more than the native country. These conquered lands, or also know as “neo-Europes,” not only show the racial make up of the intruders’ homeland, but also swarm with many plants and animals of the Old World as well. The introduction of pests and diseases from Eurasia and Africa played a huge part in depopulating the Americas and Oceania. Then, after the technological and well strategized power dominated over the remaining resistance of the natives, the people of these regions had no choice but to accept the European colonization.

ons of the people who tried to resist invasion. Millions of native Australians, New Zealanders, and Americans died of smallpox, measles, and other diseases during the entire period of European colo

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