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The speaker says conquistador conflicts were internal Spanish rivalries among Castilians who mostly shared backgrounds and political structures.
Unidentified speaker · Si Sheppard – How did a few hundred Spanish soldiers topple two empires? · 1 Oct 2026
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“Critical difference is this is happening for the conquistadors within the Spanish orbit.”
“They're all Castilians,”
“they're all Spaniards,”
“shared common backgrounds for most of them.”
“And the confrontations were personal rivalries within their system,”Play from 1:24:22Report a misattribution
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