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What role did the European disease smallpox play in Pizarro's conquest of the Inca?
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What role did disease play in domination and exploration?
disease has played a major role in domination because it is a proven fact that immunities are an important factor in the destruction of the Mayans and the Indians when European explorers came to the Americas to explore the new land for colonization. disease has also made exploration of new countries were previous peoples were not immune to the diseases that the foreign explorers brought with them accidentally or intentionally.
When did the Aztec civilization start and end?
The Aztec civilization lasted from the 14th century to the 16th century, so roughly 200 years. According to the legends, they society was built starting in 1323. The fall of the Aztecs began with the Spanish coming and bringing with them disease and warfare. After two outbreaks of smallpox and one of typhus, the population of the Aztecs was only 20% of what it once had been.
Cattle disease that caused a disastrous famine in East Africa in the late 1880's?
rinderpest was cattle disease broke out in africa in 1880
What created the disorder within the roman empire?
civil wars, disease and famine
What problems did western settlers face?
Disease, famine, drought, and the Rocky mountains.
What is a European disease that killed many Indians?
Smallpox
What major European disease that resulted in high rates of mortality among the antives of the new world?
Smallpox
What type of disease did the European immigrants bring to America?
Smallpox, Tuberculosis, Measles, Influenza, Whooping Cough, Malaria.
What was often the most lethal European disease that was brought to the Americas?
The winner of that dubious honor would probably be Smallpox.
What European disease contributed to the death of more than one half of the Native American population in the 1500s?
Smallpox.
What disease carried by European explorers and settlers killed up to 50 percent of the Native American population?
Smallpox and other plague like diseases. Also guns
How did European conquest effect the native people?
It resulted in the disappearance of the Inca and Maya Civilizations. Their conquest led to spreading of disease in the natives which killed 95% of the them.
What was the disease that native Americans got in the 1600s?
There was more than just one disease transferred to the aboriginals of north America when European settlers arrived, but a disease that caused a lot of trouble was smallpox.
What is forgetfulness disease?
smallpox
What is an Aboriginal cure for Small Pox?
Small Pox arrived in Australia with white European settlement in 1788. Aboriginals had no knowledge of the disease and therefore had no "cure".
Smallpox can the disease be avoided?
Yes. Easily. Smallpox is not a disease currently afflicting people. It only exists in labs where it is studied.
Is smallpox a bacterial disease?
Smallpox is a viral disease caused by either the Variola major or Variola minor virus variants.
