Between 1500 and 1600, the native population of the New World may have dropped from twenty million to

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The majority of the native population of the New World was decimated by diseases brought by European explorers and settlers, such as smallpox, measles, and influenza. It is estimated that between 1500 and 1600, the native population dropped from approximately twenty million to just two million. This devastating decline in population had a significant impact on the history of the Americas.

Between 1500 and 1600, the Native Population of the New