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Before Cortés seized him, Moctezuma II centralized power within the aristocracy and barred people outside the circle from advancing into the inner circle.
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“I mean, I think Moctezuma II.”
“From the moment when Cortez seized him, because previously the records of Montezuma reflect that he was a peddlers autocrat. He centralized all power in the aristocracy. Previously, it used to be possible to work up from outside the circle to the inner circle. But he forbade that.”Play from 53:42Report a misattribution
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