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The speaker says the Spanish had significant internal divisions, including the dispatch of a much larger force to arrest Cortés.

Unresolved speaker · Si Sheppard – How did a few hundred Spanish soldiers topple two empires? · 1 Oct 2026

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“But the natives are not able to do the same with the Spaniards. So we know that there were significant divisions among the Spaniards, right?”
“Literally, there's a whole much larger force that is sent over to arrest Cortes.”
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