These have existed for a long time. They were the burden of a few and caused the deaths of many. The phonetic sound of this word starts with a shortened girl's name and ends with something that is deliberately burnt. Cortez' greed began one of these.
More than 3 letters and less than 11.
Its not war or wars, though the answer would not usually exist without war
There were many of these in ancient times, much less so today.
