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It occurs to me, that if the Vikings who Discovered North America had been a little more adventurous and explored further south, then they could've come into contact with the Mesoamerican Civilzations of modern Mexico and Central America. It's entirly plausible to assume that the Vikings,who where some of the greatest explorers the world ever knew, could've made such a trip, and the effects could potentally be enormous. If the Vikings established peaceful trade with the Mesoamericans, then they could've potentally introduced Iron working, and advanced ship building technologies to the Mesoamericans. They could also have started an Earlier Smallpox epidemic, which if the Mesoamericans survived and recovered from could grant them an earlier immuity, which, along with the above mentioned ships and iron technologies, put them in a better possition to resist later European contact, assuming it still occured as in OTL. On the other hand, if the Vikings plundered the Mesoamericans, then we could easily see an earlier version of Cortez, with a few 100 Vikings coming back to Europe in long ships loaded with gold.
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