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Spanish conquest of Maya cities proceeded one by one, lasted almost to the end of the 17th century, and was followed by continued dissent.
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“They had to reduce their cities one by one and it was a long laborious process that took almost to the end of the 17th century to finally consummate and even then there was still smouldering dissent.”46:15Report a misattribution
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