Not to downplay other replies or upstage them either since all replies thusfar are legit, but how about the Spanish conquests of the Americas?
Seems like after running out of victims of abuse in the Old World, the Inquisition simply moved its base of operation to the New World where 12 to 20 million Native Americans were wiped out in the period between 1492 and 1550 ... not to mention entire cultures and all their artifacts, arts, documents, ceremonies, everything ... GONE. Not until Nazi Germany was such a thorough job of genocide accomplished again.
Was if for gold, Christianity, or glory?
This message has been edited by Abshalom, 06-17-2004 02:17 PM
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