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It all started with a simple cough. Cortez and his men stood in a amazing city. Having just conquered the second greatest civilisation on an entire continent. It shouldve been the greatest moment in Castilian history. A massive empire crumbled by a mere couple hundred spainards (and a couple tens of thousands of native allys but thats not important compared to the glory of castille). But during the celebration a spainard started cough. At first they thought nothing of it after all deisese was ever present threat in the pre penicillin world. So they celebrated there victory and returned to Spain to tell of thier conquest. Little did they the horrors they were bringing to thier homeland.
Scientists and historians alike have debated its origin. Some say it originated from Aztec Turkeys. Others say it reached Mesoamerica from thr andes and actually originated from the Llama or the Ginue Pig but the one thing we do know for sure is that 1 year after Cortez and his friends made there triumphant return to Castille 25 percent of the population lay dead.