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If the Vikings had established a long-term presence in the New World, they might have gradually introduced European technology, beasts of burden, and diseases into the Americas.
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“If the Vikings had been able to claim a long-term presence in the New World they may have been able to drip feed European technology,”
“European beasts of burden and above all European diseases slowly into the Americas so that 500 years later when the conquistadors did.”50:07Report a misattribution
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