The answer is they had never experienced European
diseases before. Since they never encountered these kinds of diseases
before, their bodies had no resistance to them.
When they were exposed, the effect was devastating as many perished upon
contracting the diseases.
In most democratic societies, it is "consumer demand" that <span>forces businesses, industries, and governments to make decisions, since this is the heart of a "market economy"--which is the main driving force in the economies of many democracies. </span>
A. Islam was the predominant religion in the Ottoman Empire~
