[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***Indians
Blankets
Small pox***

Given out before the knowledge of bacteria and viruses. Disease was thought to be brought on by “bad air”. In the plague years, Londoners lit bonfires to drive off the bad air (Miasma) which was thought to cause the plague.

[driftless2]

Millions of Europeans were killed by plagues carried in from places outside Europe. Invaders from Asia and Africa (Mongols, Moors, Turks) also invaded Europe and conquered-killed millions of Europeans.

Muslim slavers also kidnapped more than a million Europeans from 1500-1800 and made slaves of them. The question: can Europeans sue all those Asians and Muslims for their crimes?