Graham Hancock

The Spaniards didn't have to have direct contact with those indigenous peoples in the middle of the Amazon. The diseases just jumped from population to population and just killed everybody.

Absolutely.

Absolutely.

Absolutely.

It's an early example of a biological weapon. Yeah, right. And to some extent, it was used deliberately as a biological weapon, like those smallpox-infected blankets.

It's an early example of a biological weapon. Yeah, right. And to some extent, it was used deliberately as a biological weapon, like those smallpox-infected blankets.

It's an early example of a biological weapon. Yeah, right. And to some extent, it was used deliberately as a biological weapon, like those smallpox-infected blankets.

It may well be a rumor. But from what I've looked at from the Spanish conquest of Mexico, there was a realization that we can kill these people with smallpox. And it was spread. God. And we have some immunity to it that they don't have.

It may well be a rumor. But from what I've looked at from the Spanish conquest of Mexico, there was a realization that we can kill these people with smallpox. And it was spread. God. And we have some immunity to it that they don't have.

It may well be a rumor. But from what I've looked at from the Spanish conquest of Mexico, there was a realization that we can kill these people with smallpox. And it was spread. God. And we have some immunity to it that they don't have.

Yeah. The diseases did. I mean the battles did kill some people. Sure. But not on the order of the diseases. Mexico City fell to the Spaniards. Primarily because of disease and secondarily because the Aztecs weren't popular with their neighbors. So it really wasn't just Cortes and 400 Spaniards.

Yeah. The diseases did. I mean the battles did kill some people. Sure. But not on the order of the diseases. Mexico City fell to the Spaniards. Primarily because of disease and secondarily because the Aztecs weren't popular with their neighbors. So it really wasn't just Cortes and 400 Spaniards.

Yeah. The diseases did. I mean the battles did kill some people. Sure. But not on the order of the diseases. Mexico City fell to the Spaniards. Primarily because of disease and secondarily because the Aztecs weren't popular with their neighbors. So it really wasn't just Cortes and 400 Spaniards.

It was Cortes and 400 Spaniards plus smallpox plus the Tlaxcalans who the Aztecs had used as a sort of farm for human sacrifices for 100 years.

It was Cortes and 400 Spaniards plus smallpox plus the Tlaxcalans who the Aztecs had used as a sort of farm for human sacrifices for 100 years.

It was Cortes and 400 Spaniards plus smallpox plus the Tlaxcalans who the Aztecs had used as a sort of farm for human sacrifices for 100 years.

And the Tlaxcalans looked at Cortes and they said, we can use this guy. And so they joined him. He had tens of thousands of Tlaxcalan warriors. Otherwise, he would not have had that victory.

And the Tlaxcalans looked at Cortes and they said, we can use this guy. And so they joined him. He had tens of thousands of Tlaxcalan warriors. Otherwise, he would not have had that victory.

And the Tlaxcalans looked at Cortes and they said, we can use this guy. And so they joined him. He had tens of thousands of Tlaxcalan warriors. Otherwise, he would not have had that victory.

It's a very curious thing. And again, the moment we start talking about people's facial features, then they jump in with you're being a racist, you're being a white supremacist or whatever. Although the Olmec heads don't serve white supremacism.