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The conquistadors used long Toledo steel sword blades as thrusting weapons against Indigenous warriors armed with cutting and slashing weapons.
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“And the conquistadors were drawing on military traditions of the old world that went back, incorporating long Toledo steel sword blades.”
“They used those as thrusting weapons to take out indigenous warriors who were coming in with cut and slash weapons,”Play from 6:55Report a misattribution
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