Learn about the first smallpox epidemic as it raged through the Americas and helped to destroy the Aztec/Mexica Empire. Why were the Indigenous people so vulnerable?
#SmallpoxInMexico #IndigenousMexico
#EarlyMexicoEpidemic
www.indigenousmexico.org/articles/sma...
#SmallpoxInMexico #IndigenousMexico
#EarlyMexicoEpidemic
www.indigenousmexico.org/articles/sma...
Smallpox Comes to the Americas (1507-1524) — Indigenous Mexico
For at least 15,000 years, the people of the Americas – for the most part – had been isolated from the entire Old World (which included Europe, Asia and Africa). This meant that many diseases which ha...
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November 17, 2024 at 10:34 PM
Learn about the first smallpox epidemic as it raged through the Americas and helped to destroy the Aztec/Mexica Empire. Why were the Indigenous people so vulnerable?
#SmallpoxInMexico #IndigenousMexico
#EarlyMexicoEpidemic
www.indigenousmexico.org/articles/sma...
#SmallpoxInMexico #IndigenousMexico
#EarlyMexicoEpidemic
www.indigenousmexico.org/articles/sma...