Impact of disease
What Impact of disease means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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The Black Death sparked xenophobia, leading to scapegoating and increased tensions between migrants and the native English population.
Huayna Capac died suddenly, likely from European diseases like smallpox, before the Spanish invasion force arrived.
Topics that use Impact of disease
- Option 13: c800–c1500: Migration in medieval England - 2 The experience and impact of migrants (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- Option P1: Key topic 3: The Spanish Empire c1528–c1555 - 1 Pizarro and the conquest of the Incas (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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