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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 4192015, member: 51347&quot;]&quot;Guns, Germs, and Steel&quot; by Jared Diamond.&nbsp; Excellent book.&nbsp; Won a Pulitzer, and deservedly so.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>My personal observation:&nbsp; Flu&#039;s, plagues, etc. probably originated in Southeast China.&nbsp; I have probably traveled to China (all over that country), over 50 times during my career.&nbsp; In the SE China area, there is Sub-Tropical to Tropical weather (lots and lots of rain with flooding), huge land mass with a lot of slow moving rivers, canals, and standing water, and very dense populations (several cities that Westerners may not be able to name over 10million population each).&nbsp; Additionally, a lot of rice farming (using flooded patties and oxen), make an environment perfect for disease germination.&nbsp; Sanitary conditions are not always the best, and I am sure it has been the same there for thousands of years.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1076205[/ATTACH]</p><p>China Southern Dyn After Zhou Cash Coins -Zhou Yuan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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