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The speaker says Cuitláhuac succeeded Montezuma II after La Noche Triste and sent emissaries to the Tlaxcalans and Tarascans to seek a broader Indigenous alliance against the Spanish.
Unidentified speaker · Si Sheppard – How did a few hundred Spanish soldiers topple two empires? · 1 Oct 2026
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“who succeeded his brother Montezuma II as Huey Latouane. After driving the Spaniards out during La Noche Triste,”
“he sent emissaries to the Tlaxcalans,”
“to the Tarascans to build an expanded or new triple alliance to come together as native people with a common interest against these outsiders.”Play from 1:25:00Report a misattribution
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