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The Earth transformed an untold history. Here's John Bachelor.

The Earth transformed an untold history by Professor Peter Frankopan of Oxford University,

a professor of global history.

The mosquito empires of the mosquito mosquito empires of the period that we reach to in North America as well as

Africa as well as Asia. The mosquito empires, the limits of malaria, aka yellow fever.

I learned from the professor that in this period of exploitation of nature and mankind,

after in the 17th and 18th century the limits of those of the

people to survive in mosquito empires define their ability to respond to the politics in Europe and also the opportunities

in the new world.

Professor, the Malaria story is one that I did not ever think of as a limitation on the Europeans.

Did they themselves see it that way?

Yes, they did.

In common parlance, West Africa was known as the white man's grave.

So short, life expectancies when many Europeans tried to reach West Africa.

And one of the challenges was around disease environments.

Ironically, what happened in the case of transatlantic slavery was that many of the people who are being transported,

of course against their well and horrific conditions bonded for forever and their

progeny too were so desirable particularly after the 1617, 1670s, 1680s, was because not all but some populations in West Africa

contain genetic mutations that give genetic resistance to malaria, at least

will provide 90% resistance to malaria.

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