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प्रश्न
"The most powerful weapon of the Spanish conqueror was not a conventional military weapon at all.” Justify the above statement by giving two reasons.
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उत्तर
The Spanish conqueror’s most powerful weapon was not a conventional military weapon because,
- They used germs like smallpox which spread deep into the continent before any European could reach there.
- America's original inhabitants had no immunity against these diseases that came from Europe. This disease erased the whole community, leading to conquest. This biological warfare in the mid sixteenth century made it easy for Spanish to overpower the Americans.
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