Comments on: What went wrong http://blog.prospectblogs.com/2007/12/12/what-went-wrong/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:18:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Rodrigo http://blog.prospectblogs.com/2007/12/12/what-went-wrong/#comment-3199 Rodrigo Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:33:45 +0000 http://blog.prospectblogs.com/2007/12/12/what-went-wrong/#comment-3199 the previous comment was meant to say "I did not mean to imply". Messed up there the previous comment was meant to say “I did not mean to imply”. Messed up there

]]> By: Rodrigo http://blog.prospectblogs.com/2007/12/12/what-went-wrong/#comment-3198 Rodrigo Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:33:09 +0000 http://blog.prospectblogs.com/2007/12/12/what-went-wrong/#comment-3198 Tom, I did you mean to imply that you were not aware, apologies if I made it sound that way. I guessed that your statement had more to do with a typo or precision, my comment was more aimed at other readers. Your comment sums it all up. Tom, I did you mean to imply that you were not aware, apologies if I made it sound that way. I guessed that your statement had more to do with a typo or precision, my comment was more aimed at other readers. Your comment sums it all up.

]]> By: Tom Chatfield http://blog.prospectblogs.com/2007/12/12/what-went-wrong/#comment-3194 Tom Chatfield Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:15:47 +0000 http://blog.prospectblogs.com/2007/12/12/what-went-wrong/#comment-3194 I'm aware of this, and should perhaps have been more precise. Smallpox was introduced to the area of Mexico known as Veracruz upon the arrival of Panfilo de Narvaez on April 23, 1520, and was indeed credited with the victory of Cortes over the Aztec empire at Tenochtitlan. Equally catastrophically, however, in the period up to 1527, it spread south and killed, among hundreds of thousands of others, the Inca ruler, Huayna Capac, destroying the Incan Empire. The history of the Maya is rather different, as by the time of Spanish colonisation the Mayans had no central state or ruling structure. It wasn't until the 17th century, in fact, that the last independent Mayan states came under European control; and their civilization's great decline, in the 8th and 9th centuries, had nothing to do with smallpox. I’m aware of this, and should perhaps have been more precise.

Smallpox was introduced to the area of Mexico known as Veracruz upon the arrival of Panfilo de Narvaez on April 23, 1520, and was indeed credited with the victory of Cortes over the Aztec empire at Tenochtitlan.

Equally catastrophically, however, in the period up to 1527, it spread south and killed, among hundreds of thousands of others, the Inca ruler, Huayna Capac, destroying the Incan Empire.

The history of the Maya is rather different, as by the time of Spanish colonisation the Mayans had no central state or ruling structure. It wasn’t until the 17th century, in fact, that the last independent Mayan states came under European control; and their civilization’s great decline, in the 8th and 9th centuries, had nothing to do with smallpox.

]]> By: Rodrigo http://blog.prospectblogs.com/2007/12/12/what-went-wrong/#comment-3193 Rodrigo Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:08:29 +0000 http://blog.prospectblogs.com/2007/12/12/what-went-wrong/#comment-3193 If smallpox killed millions in Mexico it probably led to the collapse of either the Aztec or Mayan empires, not the Inca empire - mainly because the Incas lived several thousands miles south, in Peru. If smallpox killed millions in Mexico it probably led to the collapse of either the Aztec or Mayan empires, not the Inca empire - mainly because the Incas lived several thousands miles south, in Peru.

]]> By: Sue http://blog.prospectblogs.com/2007/12/12/what-went-wrong/#comment-3190 Sue Thu, 13 Dec 2007 01:17:27 +0000 http://blog.prospectblogs.com/2007/12/12/what-went-wrong/#comment-3190 That Death in the Forest process is just the tip of the iceberg re the biological holocaust now happening ALL over the planet. Please check out the disturnbing book PANDEMONIUM at: http://www.andrewnikiforuk.com That Death in the Forest process is just the tip of the iceberg re the biological holocaust now happening ALL over the planet.
Please check out the disturnbing book PANDEMONIUM at:

http://www.andrewnikiforuk.com

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