FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
PRE COLUMBIAN AMERICA
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Question
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A small number of Spaniards with superior weapons and local allies defeated the Aztec
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Aztec warriors refused to fight other Indians after their conversation to Christianity
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A series of severe droughts destroyed several Aztec harvest, leading to a decline in population
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Aztec warriors were overwhelmed by the large number of soldiers coming from Spain
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Detailed explanation-1: -The mysterious epidemic that devastated Aztecs may have been food poisoning. In 1545, an unknown disease struck the Aztec Empire. Those who came down with it might become feverish, start vomiting, and develop blotches on their skin.
Detailed explanation-2: -Lacking food and ravaged by smallpox disease earlier introduced by one of the Spaniards, the Aztecs, now led by Cuauhtemoc, finally collapsed after 93 days of resistance on the fateful day of 13th of August, 1521 CE.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Europeans brought with them diseases such as measles and smallpox against which the American tribes had no natural immunity. They spread like wildfire, killing rulers of both the Aztecs and Incas, along with millions of other people.
Detailed explanation-4: -While their empires were ruled differently and focused on different things their downfall was caused by even the same group of people. Their destruction wasn’t peaceful and somewhat gory. Important factors of the fall of the Aztec and Incan empires were European expeditions, disease, and warfare.