>>Last year I asked, Should Columbus be Celebrated? It is a controversial question, since that day in 1492 meant the eventual end of many cultures in the Western Hemisphere.
Stone Age cultures, most of which were still hunter-gatherers. When did liberals abandon Darwinism?
When did liberals abandon Darwinism?When it became politically expedient.
That may not be the case at all, but we will never know as the fanatical Christian Missionaries destroyed everything they could - piles and piles of writings were burned (comparable to the burning of the Library of Alexandra), objects unfamiliar to them smashed or melted down, even one report that of a round glass object that showed moving pictures and definitely the work of the Devil!
Other than body armor, gunpowder, and horses, European culture in the late 15th century was recovering (from a century of invasion by the Islamic Varsity led by the Disciples of Mohammad and the black plague). It was very little advanced over anyone; even some (black) West Coast African cities were far in advance of the Europeans - the Portuguese traders even asked permission to live there - it was some much better than anything in Europe.
How many cultures vanished unrecorded before Columbus’ arrival? What Columbus brought to the New World was History.