Which Empire you want to collapse earlier?

Which Empire you want to collapse earlier?


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What you are asking, essentially, is that the people of the 15th and 16th century develop disease-fighting techniques that were essentially unavailable till the 20th century. There is no way that you are going to inoculate millions of people in order to prevent them from dying when they come into contact with diseases they've never encountered before. Even if it's not a combination of smallpox and measles, it could be a combination of typhus and smallpox, plague and cholera, influenza and cholera, typhus and influenza, influenza and plague, etc. And how do you expect the people of the Antilles or Mesoamerica to treat disease they've never seen before.

Actually I was thinking of only inoculating the Europeans going over to the Americas. I was thinking that if Europeans had knowledge of Germ Theory they would become hesitant about people moving across borders possibly bringing disease with them so when vaccination becomes possible(hopefully earlier than OTL)sailors, travelers, soldiers and the like would be vaccinated as a way of protecting themselves from future problems or even their own people as they have no idea whether these diseases are already in the Americas.

As far as Typhus, Influenza and Cholera are concerned all of these ailments respond well to hydration therapy(carrot soup, or in the case of the Americas tomato soup possibly)which has been known for millenia in India.
 
Actually I was thinking of only inoculating the Europeans going over to the Americas. I was thinking that if Europeans had knowledge of Germ Theory they would become hesitant about people moving across borders possibly bringing disease with them so when vaccination becomes possible(hopefully earlier than OTL)sailors, travelers, soldiers and the like would be vaccinated as a way of protecting themselves from future problems or even their own people as they have no idea whether these diseases are already in the Americas.

As far as Typhus, Influenza and Cholera are concerned all of these ailments respond well to hydration therapy(carrot soup, or in the case of the Americas tomato soup possibly)which has been known for millenia in India.

The Americas have never been exposed to these bacterium. Think about it. Most people don't die from influenza, though they'll feel plenty sick. Bacteria that have become harmless to one group of people (in this case the Europeans), can be deadly to others. Inoculated or not, stray bacteria, even the inoculated ones, will be deadly. And kill millions.

Hydration therapy is hardly a cure. If you think drinking soup cures typhus, influenza, and cholera, then you will also fail to realize why India is just like most developing countries in its poor healthcare.
 
The Russian Empire collapsing earlier probably avoids the most bloodshed and oppression, because it would give Russia an earlier chance to liberalize, democratize, and generally get its act together.
 
Actually, if Koxinga or his son attacked the Philippines I think the Bruneian empire will be most likely restored, Brunei can take advantage of the Spanish being attacked by Koxinga while Brunei attacks the country side using the Muslim pirates(who already attack the countryside in their raids) and maybe using their soldiers as well, I believe Brunei not having an opportunity to remake their empire would be their karma.
 
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