causal claim
The Aztecs' attempts to capture Cortes rather than kill him allowed him to escape dangerous situations.
Unresolved speaker · Si Sheppard – How did a few hundred Spanish soldiers topple two empires? · 1 Oct 2026
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“This allowed him to get himself out of authority situations.”1:08:14Report a misattribution
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