Roots Of Inequality

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The Roots of Inequality

How is it possible that an army of only about 300 was able to decimate whole civilization of millions? Well Europeans had geographical advantages such as agriculture, domesticable animals, iron, and epidemic diseases that all played key parts on Europe’s ability to conquer most of the world. On the end it all comes back to geography, because geography controls it all. Whether you believe it or not, geography is the cause of all inequality.

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