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HELLO!

What I wonder is not how to make the empiresof the aztecs and incas to survive, but how should the europeans react against that.

Everyone assumes that smallpox and other diseases were the main cause of the conquest of the Aztec and Inca empires. Everyone also assumes that for this reason they didn´t survive the Spanish. Everyone assumes that if, for example due to the Vikings, the Andalusian or ET, Americans have had previous contact with these diseases, giving them time to acclimate to this diseases, they could endure.

Well, what I would like to discuss is this: say that a Portuguese ship is diverted from its route to the Azores. All crew members are killed but not before having transmitted the smallpox to the Americans, say around 1440, allowing time for Americans to some recovery ... thereby having to endure the conquistadors arrived in the early sixteenth century in full swing so Cortes and Pizarro fail in their attempts. My question is what could be the reaction of Europe against two empires like the aztecs and inca if they could not be conquered by a few hundreds of men (and thousands of dissatisfied indians) and many more resources were needed to do that. How could evolve the european wars and economy without the american gold and silver? well and any questions you can think about the consecuences of this for Europe
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