Talk:Balance Point

Er...major changes would be needed if native North Americans where to become great powers. The Native Confederacies around the Saint Lawrence, and the civilizations to the south would still be helpless. The thing is, gunpowder didn't really grant the Europeans the ability to conquer north america. The native americans where subjugated primarily because of Europe's vast array of deadly viruses. Still, it doesn't matter. If the mongols never invaded, maybe the Bulgarian Empire never would have fallen. Maybe they helped the Byzantines, or failing that mangaged to take Constantinople for themselves. Without the pressure to find an alternate route to Asia, no discovery of North America, no European Expansion.Michael Douglas 23:59, February 5, 2011 (UTC)