Cortes conquered Mexico with a few dozen men; what do you think, Minoru, that he and handful of his troops annihilated several million Incas one by one on their march to Tenochtitlan? No. There was a virgin field epidemic among the Incas caused by the sheep brought on Cortes' ships. ==UNQUOTE==
Minor correction: Cortes = Mexico = Aztecs Pizarro = Peru = Incas More at: http://www.hyperhistory.net/apwh/essays/comp/cw13cortezpizarro31011403.htm (I have seen the photograph at that site over the caption, "When Achmed finally reached Paradise, his seventy-two virgins were not exactly as he had expected.") -- Mark Spahn (West Seneca, NY) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Persons posting messages to not_honyaku assume all responsibility for their messages. The list owner does not review messages prior to posting, and accepts no responsibility for the content of messages posted. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
