Why Did The Spanish Came To The Americas

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When the Spanish came to the Americas their biggest weapons were the diseases that they brought along with them. The most common and known disease that the Spanish brought to the Americas was the smallpox. Another disease that was brought to the Americas was, typhox, not only did both the smallpox and typhox disease kill off millions of the Aztec and Inca population but it didn’t even affect the Spanish that came to the Americas. The reason as to why the Aztec and Inca were affected by the diseases and the Spanish weren’t was because most of these diseases were the cause of animals that lived in Europe. Aztec and Inca people hadn’t previously seen or heard of these animals before the Spanish (Diamond, 1996). European animals didn't actually

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