the Aztec Empire was effectively destroyed. These catastrophes were swiftly followed by the impact of devastating European diseases, especially smallpox. It's been suggested that as much as 90 per ...

The Spanish conquest contributed significantly to the fall of the Aztec empire, bringing diseases like smallpox and leading to periods of war and great instability. In 1521, during the Battle of ...

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.” The words are Ecclesiastes 1:9 – among my ...