The Cocoliztli Epidemic or the Great Pestilence[1] was an outbreak of a mysterious illness characterized by high fevers and bleeding which caused 5–15 million deaths in New Spain …

2021年7月29日 · Aztec people suffering from smallpox from the Florentine Codex. When European explorers arrived in the New World during the Age of Exploration they brought with …

2019年2月23日 · Smallpox took its toll on the Aztecs in several ways. First, it killed many of its victims outright, particularly infants and young children.

Smallpox devastated the Aztec Empire, killing thousands and weakening resistance to Spanish conquest. Discover how disease played a key role in history.

2024年3月6日 · By 1550, 15 million people, 80 percent of the Aztec population, had been wiped out. For centuries, scientists have been struggling to understand just how such a deadly event …

2018年1月16日 · In 1545, an unknown disease struck the Aztec Empire. Those who came down with it might become feverish, start vomiting, and develop blotches on their skin. Most horrific …

2025年3月16日 · However, the most significant diseases associated with the Aztecs are those that decimated their population after the arrival of Europeans, namely: smallpox, measles, …

2017年2月23日 · In one study, researchers say they have recovered DNA of the stomach bacterium from burials in Mexico linked to a 1540s epidemic that killed up to 80% of the …

2018年1月16日 · From 1545 to 1550, Aztecs in what is today southern Mexico experienced a deadly outbreak. Anywhere from five to 15 million people died. Locally, it was known as …

2020年9月23日 · Colonial exploitation made the indigenous Aztec people disproportionately vulnerable to epidemics. Indigenous accounts show their perspective.