The most powerful weapon of the Spanish conquerors was not a conventional military weapon but ____ which they carried. America’s original inhabitants had no immunity against such types of diseases.

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The most powerful weapon of the Spanish conquerors was not a conventional military weapon but Germs which they carried. America’s original inhabitants had no immunity against such types of diseases.
The Spanish employed germs instead of traditional military weaponry, a very effective strategy for conquering America. Combat helicopters, combat planes, light weapons, warships, and other conventional weapons are utilised to commit acts of mass destruction. The first European nations to conquer America in the middle of the 16th century. They did so without using traditional military weapons or military might, instead turning to disease germs like smallpox because Americans lacked any immunity to them and because they had been isolated from Europe for a long time, making them one of the deadliest weapons for mass killing.

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