HLTB21H3 Chapter Notes -Inca Empire, Smallpox, Ramesses V
11 Sep 2013
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Hernand coretes was a spanish man who defeated the aztec empire: with the help of small pox he successfully did it, in an expedition led by narvez from cuba. On the crew slave infected from smallpox. Spread from village to village in yuctan. Small pox was a selective disease: only aztecs died and spainards left unharmed, demoralized survivors. Old world disease: new world amerindians never been exposed and no immunity\ Indiscrimitie no respect for social class occupation or age: it killed and disfigured everyone. It seemed that makeuo emerged for wealthy class to hide their disfigured face. No definitive answer as to when smallpox came and infected humans. Best evidence is found in three mummies: pharaoh ramses v. Major spread occurred in the eigth and nin1eth century during islamic expansion across north africa and into spain and portugal. In ad 622 a christian priest ahrun: wrote a clear description of the disease differentiating it from measles.
