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Spanish bureaucrats followed the conquistadors and administered territories that became Mexico, Peru, and other parts of South America.
Unidentified speaker · Si Sheppard – How did a few hundred Spanish soldiers topple two empires? · 1 Oct 2026
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“iteration with the bureaucrats. Once the conquistadors had cleared the ground,”
“the bureaucrats would arrive from Spain and they would begin running and administering what would become Mexico,”
“Peru,”
“South America generally.”Play from 59:04Report a misattribution
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