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Technological advances have greatly changed the world humans live in since the time of Christopher Columbus. Since these advances in technology the speed of communication and travel has increased. This increase has allowed for an acceleration of the productivity and exploration of the world. The planning and execution of his voyages across the world would have been adapted to the new technology available to them. The planning period, voyage 3time, and interaction with the natives would have been beneficial due to the increased technological advancements they would have. With the increase in technology the planning period of Columbus's journey would be cut down tremendously. The added help of satellite and global positioning system technology …show more content…
Billions would die and even more would be indirectly affected by the war, a global war caused by Columbus’s discovery would rock the agricultural and industrial advanced civilizations in this form of alternate history. The impact of Columbus’s discovery would be even more momentous than it was in regular history. The scale of the conflict arising after his discovery would set a precedent in history and to the winners of the war, would go the right to determine the fate of the world. If Spain won than Columbus would be haled as a champion of discovery and of conquest, and Spanish influence, culture and language would impact the entire development of the world. However, if say England, France or the Holy Roman Empire were to win the war then German, French and English would dominate the world and Columbus would be seen as a dangerous lunatic, who’s discovery plunged the entire would into a unforeseen war that killed billions and saw the genocide of an entire race of people. For if this war were to happen then the entirety of Native American culture and language would disappear entirely, why the extermination of the Americans would be so complete that then instead of small pockets of culture we see today the American cultures would be nonexistent. If Spain lost the war then Columbus would be on a comparison with titans of evil as in regular history, such as Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini and Mao. Children all over the world would learn of the Butcher of Tenochtitlan, the Italian Wolf who ate the Yucatan, and the Destroyer of Cuzco, he would be seen as a man who nearly ended the world, but if it was not for the bravery of the French or English or Chinese than Spain would have done far worse to the rest of the world. If Spain had won the war than it’s power, population, and economic resources would quadruple and it would have been an unbeatable powerhouse on the world

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