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The conquistadors’ combination of military technology and generations of inherited training and skill gave them a critical battlefield advantage.
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“which of course open up the side of the body to be taken out very early. So the combination of the technology with generations of inherited military training and skill.”
“skill meant that the conquistadors had that critical edge on the battlefield.”Play from 7:10Report a misattribution
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