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Audio Interchange File Format  |  1995-07-20  |  284.5 KB  |  1 channel  |  22,050 sample rate  |  13 seconds
Transcription: The Europeans brought to the New World a variety of deadly diseases, especially smallpox. Some historians estimate up to half the native population died in epidemics. This greatly reduced their ability to resist the European conquerors.