Tenochtitlan, a metropolis built in the middle of a lake, with floating islands supported by piles. The date: November 1519.

Upon leaving the city, the Spanish left a surprise behind them. Narváez’s crew was carrying smallpox, and they transferred it to Cortés’ men, who gave it to the Aztecs. While people in Europe and Asia ...

After bitter fighting and a prolonged siege the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan, fell to the Spanish in 1521. Much of the native population was wiped out by epidemics of smallpox and other contagious ...

A Nov. 15 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) from the liberal group Occupy Democrats includes side-by-side images of a child infected with smallpox and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President ...

Smallpox, a disease that killed an estimated 500 million people in the 20th century alone, is the only human disease to be eradicated. However, a new report, "Future State of Smallpox Medical ...

When smallpox swept through Indigenous communities, the aftermath was catastrophic. Devastating mortality rates included 38.5% of Aztecs; 50% lost in the Piegan, Huron, Catawba, Cherokee and ...

As European explorers came into contact with these populations in the 1400s and 1500s, they exposed them to smallpox and devastated them. For instance, the Aztec population numbered roughly 26 ...

Talokanil were once regular humans who died due to the highly deadly disease smallpox that was introduced to the Yucatan ... by Meso-American civilizations such as Mayas, Incas, and Aztecs, and even ...

His arrival introduced smallpox, which resulted in the total destruction of the Aztec Empire within just two years. However, this was just the start. In the early 1530s, Mexico was hit by an ...

Smallpox, bubonic plague ... and helped Spain conquer the Aztec empire. The first in a series of viral hemorrhagic fevers to strike Mexico in the 16th century, this epidemic killed about 80% ...