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To: zeestephen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztec_codex

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Aztec/Establishment-of-the-Aztec-empire


6 posted on 09/17/2023 4:18:31 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: SunkenCiv
Thanks for the two Aztec links, Civ.

I have always felt that the alleged sophistication of pre-Columbian society, and the alleged post-Columbian death toll from European diseases, have been greatly exaggerated, for the purpose of political correctness.

It is very hard to believe that a functional city of 140,000 people, mentioned in the link, could exist in 1500, without wheeled carts and a written language.

I am also very skeptical that 80%-95% of indigenous Americans died from European diseases. There would have to be many well preserved mass graves that contained dozens, or even hundreds, of un-injured bodies, from all age groups.

If such mass graves exist, I have not read about them.

12 posted on 09/17/2023 11:35:37 AM PDT by zeestephen (Trump "Lost" By 43,000 Votes - Spread Across Three States - GA, WI, AZ)
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