Why was North and South America less developed than other parts of the world?
Upvote:0
From the context of your question I take it that when you say "Developed" you don't mean technologically developed but rather that said civilization "obtained a geographically large empire."
So to answer the question why didn't pre-columbian Americas have as many large empires,
A) The historic records for pre-columbain Americas is almost non-existent compared to the old world. So in fact there may (and in my opinion likely were) just as many large empires, we just don't have any records of them.
B) A lack of faster and easier than walking travel would have limited troop movement, supply lines and exploration. All of which are important for the growth of an empire.
C) Empires by very definition exist to capture new wealth and bring it back to the capital. It could have simply been that any Nations that did arise simply didn't see any opportunities to conquer that wealth. For example the Incas did not value gold and silver as much as they did fine cloth. source wikipedia If you don't see anything nearby that you think is worth conquering then why make the effort.
More post
- 📝 Did Roman women wear underwear? How did it look?
- 📝 What is the most common calendar for pre-Julian dates?
- 📝 What is the meaning of the medieval word 'bliant', used to describe a fabric?
- 📝 How high the death rate on the Berlin Wall compared to other borders?
- 📝 Who were some famous Vietnam War Hawks and Doves?
- 📝 Which army uniform is this (2nd Boer British or WWI US)?
- 📝 What was the average age of tank crews, in particular commanders, in WW2?
- 📝 Why didn't the silk road run north of the Black Sea?
- 📝 What was the official currency used in North Carolina in 1814?
- 📝 Which arresting wire did Japanese carrier pilots aim for?
- 📝 What was the strategic importance of Moscow to the Soviet Union in Dec 1941?
- 📝 Why were 40,000 German troops left in Prague instead of pulled back to defend Berlin?
- 📝 What caused this cratering pattern at Hiroshima?
- 📝 Why did the start of the Roman consular year move?
- 📝 In which instances in history did an attacker ask the attackee to borrow some of their ammunition in order to continue the fight?
- 📝 Did any ancient polytheistic religion hold that theirs was the only pantheon?
- 📝 Did the IRA attempt to point out the innocence of the Guildford 4 or Birmingham 6?
- 📝 Has there ever been a case where a tribe/nation tried to reclaim the land they had left before?
- 📝 How did the Swedes integrate Geats, Danes, Walloons, Finns & others?
- 📝 What did the Catholic Church do to promote human rights of non-christians from 1500s to mid 1900s?
- 📝 Why did Peter the Great tie particular expenditures to particular revenue sources?
- 📝 Thoroughbred horse history on British Islands prior to 1686
- 📝 Was Alexander the Great undefeated in every battle?
- 📝 Who was Woodburn Heron?
- 📝 Do any Egyptian hieroglyphics mention the ten plagues?
- 📝 Who is the first person in the 17th century to describe themselves as a "white" person and who invented the term "white race"?
- 📝 In this cartoon from Puck, what indicates the identities of France and Britain?
- 📝 What holidays would be on a European-centric calendar from the 11th - 13th Centuries?
- 📝 Were man catchers actually used in medieval times?
- 📝 Which historical developments led to mankind becoming ingenious towards todays exponential growth?
Source: stackoverflow.com
Search Posts
Related post
- 📝 Why was North and South America less developed than other parts of the world?
- 📝 Why was America much better prepared earlier in World War II in the air than in other respects?
- 📝 Why was the Tea Horse Route through Tibet less prevalent than the Silk Road route through Tarim Basin, for contact between China and India?
- 📝 Why was World War I ended on Nov 11 11:00, rather than immediately upon signing the armistice?
- 📝 Why did native Americans and Europeans mix in South America but not in North America?
- 📝 Why was the Cold War carried out over the whole world instead of between Siberia and Alaska?
- 📝 Why was ancient Christianity more successful than the Roman pantheon and Judaism in gaining followers?
- 📝 Why was immigration from France to the United States lower than from some other countries?
- 📝 What did Central America export in the early 20th century other than coffee and bananas?
- 📝 Why was the movement for Austro-German unity less successful than that of Italian unity?
- 📝 During the 1850’s and 60’s, was the free North (and its cause in the U.S. Civil War) considered more virtuous than the slave-holding South?
- 📝 Why have North and South Korea stopped marching together at the Olympics?
- 📝 Why was agriculture more conducive to slavery in U.S. South than the North?
- 📝 Why have the economies of North and South Korea diverged since 1970?
- 📝 Why did the north and south struggle to control the territories before the American Civil War?
- 📝 Why was Hesse south of the Main left out of the North German Confederation?
- 📝 Why were the Thirteen Colonies more successful, both economically and socially, than other colonies?
- 📝 Why hasn't Sub-Sahan African developed as fast as other regions between the beginning of civilisation and European colonialism?
- 📝 Why did North America economically prosper, and maintain stable government and South/Central America didn't?
- 📝 Why was the Council of Nicea held in Nicea rather than Rome or Constantinople?
- 📝 What are the factors that caused the new world civilizations to be less technologically advanced than the old world?
- 📝 If the Union Jack joins the flag of England and Scotland, why does it have a different shade of blue than the Scottish flag?
- 📝 Why do the pyramids show less erosion than the Sphinx?
- 📝 Has there ever been a cold war other than between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.?
- 📝 Why were helmets and other body armour not commonplace in the 1800s?
- 📝 Why was capturing the south of Okinawa necessary?
- 📝 Why did the German army execute so few soldiers in World War I compared to most other armies?
- 📝 Why did the Royal Society in 1771 believe that a continent further south than Australia should exist?
- 📝 Why were the drawings of Colossus burnt after WW2 and why was its very existence "of course" kept secret?
- 📝 Why does Latin America have a higher number of surviving Native Americans than North America?
