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Generations of historians have condemned Moctezuma II for allowing the conquistadors into the heart of the Aztec Empire, regarding it as a mistake.

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“he's been condemned by generations of historians,”
“right? This was a mistake to bring the conquistadors into the heart of the empire itself.”
11:10Report a misattribution
0.90how strongly it was put, not whether it is true
0.75importance to the conversation
0.94confidence the claim was read correctly
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