... the New World shared a very primitive existence. They lived at harmony with nature and utilised all the natural resources available. They behaved just as their ancestors had before them, fishing and hunting, seeking shelter and crafting weapons. In many ways they can be compared to the hunter gatherers of the late stone age. The Europeans on the other hand had advanced to a far greater degree in terms of technology. They had graduated to become farmers, they had began trading, built cities and towns and now they were the architects of great civilisations. However in some respects they were as savage and primitive as wild animals. When in the 15th and 16th century these two orbiting and alien cultures crashed together they became joined in a juxtaposition that was to have both positive and negative consequences. Europe before the discoveries was not a pleasant place to live. "Since the onset ...

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