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The Aztecs and Inca had too little time to overcome the steep learning curve and effectively deploy foreign technologies and tactics against the conquistadors.
Unresolved speaker · Si Sheppard – How did a few hundred Spanish soldiers topple two empires? · 1 Oct 2026
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“but the learning curve was so steep and the time frame to internalize foreign technology and foreign tactics was too short for them to really be able to do it.”
“That was to deploy it to”
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