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Hispaniola, and that was writ large
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in the New World as a whole.
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A similar story could be told about Hernan Cortez
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and his fellow conquistador,
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Francisco Pizarro,
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with regard to the Aztec Empire of Mexico
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and the Incan Empire
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of Peru, which were destroyed not only
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by gunpowder, but also by smallpox,
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that destroyed agriculture, led to famine,
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destroyed the aboriginal
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military capacity to resist,