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The Spanish were divided and fighting among themselves in both the Inca and Aztec campaigns.
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“and in the Aztec story,”
“is that in both cases, the Spanish were themselves divided.”
“and in fact fighting each other so um as maybe you should tell the story how Velazquez sends this um another expedition to go capture and arrest Cortez for going beyond the prerogative of his mission yeah”Play from 14:26Report a misattribution
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