ヨーロッパの征服者たちは、なぜ新大陸にあった伝染病に感染しなかったのか？（feat.銃・病原菌・鉄)

Around the 16th century, Hernan Cortes led a Spanish army of about 600 men and succeeded in occupying the capital of the Aztec Empire, but lost two-thirds of his troops to an Aztec attack and barely escaped. However, two years later, when Cortes attacked the Aztecs again, the situation had changed 180 degrees. This is because smallpox, which had been carried by Europeans, had wiped out nearly half of the Aztecs. Furthermore, the Aztec emperor "Cuitlahuac" had also died of smallpox. Above all, this disease, which did not infect the Spanish army but only targeted and killed the Aztecs, was a terror to them. In the end, Aztec morale dropped significantly, and Cortes was blessed with unexpected good fortune and succeeded in conquering the Aztec Empire in 1521. Continue reading in the main story. . . ====================================================================== [References] "Guns, Germs, and Steel" https://amzn.to/3IicZqP [Images] [BGM] (1)Music: [Celebration] by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... (3)Reflection by Swirling Ship (4)On the Road by ANBR (5)stare-down by evert-z (6)Once and for all by Ian Post