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Sail power let the conquistadors land anywhere they wanted on the coast, while horses were decisive for them inland.
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“They had the external asset,”
“they had sail power,”
“which enabled them to land anywhere they wanted on the coast,”
“but in the interior,”
“the horse was decisive.”Play from 7:55Report a misattribution
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