Derek Pullem
Donor
If that contact came around 1000 AD rather than 1421 then the population would have time to build up an immunity. Question is could either a Mediterranean or Asian civilization actually have the technology to contact the Americas a thousand years earlier in significant numbers?Ok that would of just brought disease from China in the west coast. Not help at all.
How exactly the Chinese get to the Americas is anyone guess. This been discussed extensively and Zheng He was involved in commanding the treasure fleet from 1421-1435. These were huge fleets of over hundred ships sailing to known kingdoms in East Indies and Indian Ocean. Not exploring uncharted territory. No one knew whaT was out east. Ships have to sail north east to Alaska then south along the coast till they got to Mexico. Along way spreading disease. Then have to figure out how to get back they not know any charts. If the Chinese did venture out it would not of been Zheng and would of been aproximatly at same time as Columbus.
So this is a bad theory about helping natives. Just a good theory about killing them from two different sides .
The Song had the ships but not the motive, the Vikings had the ships but not the population.