Template:Did you know nominations/Spanish conquest of Nicaragua


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The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 12:32, 21 July 2017 (UTC)

Spanish conquest of Nicaragua

 * ... that within a hundred years of the Spanish conquest of Nicaragua, the native population had been all but eliminated by a combination of newly-introduced disease, the slave trade, warfare and mistreatment? Source: "The first century after Spanish contact witnessed the demographic collapse of the native populations, resulting principally from exposure to Old World diseases and their exportation as slaves, but also from a combination of war and mistreatment." The History of Nicaragua Staten, Clifford L. (2010), p. 15.
 * Reviewed: Litham

Created by Simon Burchell (talk). Self-nominated at 14:19, 30 June 2017 (UTC).


 * Symbol voting keep.svg This article is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are cited inline and accepted AGF, the article is neutral and I detected no policy issues. A QPQ has been done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:40, 6 July 2017 (UTC)