[leojg]

Its quite interesting to see how latin america gdp fall down during the 1500s (is the only region to do so, I think)

And how asia is pretty much being the richest region in the world(but the largest, so maybe its a matter of proportions)

[elthran]

I assume that the latin american dip is the Europeans beginning their invasions and looting of the meso-american civilizations

[RobertoG]

Probably is not so much the looting as the fall in the population. Millions of people died from contact with the diseases from Europe (20 millions by some estimates).