What really killed the Aztecs? Between 1545 and 1550, over 15 million Aztecs — nearly 80% of Mexico’s native population — vanished in one of the deadliest pandemics in human history. Historians called it Cocoliztli, the mysterious pestilence that erased an empire. But was it smallpox? Typhus? Or something even more terrifying? In this documentary, we uncover the shocking truth — how a microscopic killer brought by European contact, combined with famine and drought, caused one of the greatest population collapses in history. What killed the Aztecs Cocoliztli plague Aztec disease Fall of the Aztec Empire Aztec history documentary Salmonella enterica Aztecs Deadliest pandemics in history History of Mexico Spanish conquest of the Aztecs Ancient epidemics Aztec civilization collapse Smallpox in the New World Mesoamerican history Lost civilizations Ancient mysteries explained #Aztecs #AztecEmpire #Cocoliztli #AncientHistory #HistoryDocumentary #AztecPlague #LostCivilizations #MexicoHistory #Pandemics #SpanishConquest #Salmonella #AztecMystery #WorldHistory #AncientMysteries #HistoryUncovered
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