Explain why it is more myth than reality that America was a “virgin la

Explain why it is more myth than reality that America was a “virgin land” when it was invaded by Europeans in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.

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ANSWER
Rather than being “virgin” (untouched), the New World was inhabited by 50-80 million Native Americans before the arrival of Europeans. These native peoples were culturally diverse and many had quite sophisticated civilizations (Incas, Mayas, Aztecs, for example).