1491- New Revelations Of The Americas Before Co... Direct

: Pre-Columbian societies did not just live "on" the land; they transformed it. In the Amazon basin, populations in the millions practiced complex agro-forestry, potentially creating large parts of what we now consider "natural" rainforest. The Great Dying 1491: New Revelations of the Americas before Columbus

: Mann argues that in 1491, more people likely lived in the Americas than in Europe. Certain cities, such as the Aztec capital Tenochtitlán , were larger than any contemporary European city and featured advanced infrastructure like running water and botanical gardens. 1491- new revelations of the americas before co...

Mann organizes the book around three major pillars of "new revelations" that radically alter the pre-Columbian narrative: : Pre-Columbian societies did not just live "on"