ld allowed them to dominate the native peoples of these lands.
European plants squeezed out native plants, and European diseases like
smallpox and measles dramatically reduced populations of indigenous peoples
Similarly, Crosby argues that European animals squeezed out native
animals within these conquered temperate lands. European cattle and pigs
and horses easily adapted to biological niches. Crosby notes, "Old World
livestock prospered in the Neo-Europes. In fact, they did amazingly better
in the Neo-Europes than in their homelands." Horses, along with cattle,
rabbits and sheep escaped and soon established thems
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