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Explain the Global transfer of disease in pre modern world helped in the globalisation of America

Answer» The Portuguese and Spanish had a small firepower and army . But the most powerful weapon of Spanish conquerors wasn\'t a conventional military weapon at all. It was a germs such as those of smallpox that they carried on their person. Because of their long isolation, America\'s original inhabitants had no immunity against these disease that came from Europe.Smallpox proved a deadly killer. It spread deep into the continent, ahead even of many Europeans reaching there. It killed the whole community, paying the way for conquest. Guns could be bought or captured and turned against the invaders. But the disease such as smallpox to which the conquerors were mostly immune.


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