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The conquistadors came from a proud warrior background but had little to show for it.
Unidentified speaker · Si Sheppard – How did a few hundred Spanish soldiers topple two empires? · 1 Oct 2026
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“uniting the peninsula and consummating the Reconquista. So they had a proud warrior background, but little to show for it, really.”Play from 1:15:09Report a misattribution
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