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The speaker says Montezuma's decision to remain in his capital made him a target, and that capturing him enabled Cortes to control the entire Aztec Empire.
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“that circumstance but because Moctezuma stayed in his capital he made himself the target once he was taken this was the key to controlling the entire empire at that point”Play from 14:06Report a misattribution
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