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The global transfer of disease became instrumental in colonialism in South America and Africa.

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To one's amusement, it is interesting to know that the mighty European countries and Empires conquered new lands and transferred them to their subjects as colonies. They did so not because of arms and weapons; instead, diseases helped them do so. Contagious and fatal diseases made this possible to colonise South America and Africa. In the case of America, smallpox made colonised Americans, and in the case of Africans, a disease named Rinderpest made colonisation happen. Since the native humans and cattle were not immune from these exotic diseases, they succumbed to their illness and completed the Europeans' work efficiently.

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