Cocoliztli killed more people than smallpox.

It hemorrhaged Indigenous communities β€” physically, politically, ecologically.

The empire marched in, and the rivers ran red.

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πŸ”— https://brewminate.com/empire-of-blood-and-water-cocoliztli-disease-and-colonialism-in-16th-century-mesoamerica/

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