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The Tarascans, like the Inca, smelted copper for arrow points, and their copper-tipped arrows decimated invading Aztec forces.
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“Like the Inca, they could smelt copper and they used that to form the points of their arrows and their mast arches with their copper-tipped arrows were decimating the invading Aztec forces.”Play from 47:55Report a misattribution
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