History
Explain how the global transfer of disease in the pre-modern world helped in the colonisation of the Americas.
Answer
The European countries had already become immune for diseases like small pox. With colonisation of America these diseases spread there. Because of their long isolation, America's original inhabitants had no immunity against these diseases that came from Europe. Smallpox in particular proved a deadly killer. Once introduced, it spread deep into the continent, ahead even of any Europeans reaching there. It killed and decimated whole communities, paving the way for conquest and thus helped in the colonisation of the Americas.
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