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Many local elites believed they could use the Spanish to their advantage, but underestimated the scale of subsequent Spanish and European arrivals.
Unidentified speaker · Si Sheppard – How did a few hundred Spanish soldiers topple two empires? · 1 Oct 2026
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“Now, what they didn't understand was so many of them thinking they were using the Spanish to their advantage.”
“They didn't appreciate the numbers in which the Spanish were.”
“which the Spanish and later Europeans would arrive.”Play from 1:36:39Report a misattribution
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