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Conquistadors constituted perhaps 0.5% of the force marching on Tenochtitlan, while most of the force consisted of other Mesoamerican peoples seeking a final reckoning with the Aztecs.
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“But the force that marches on Tenochtitlan,”
“the total numbers,”
“the Conquistadors were maybe one half of one percent in raw numbers of that force.”
“The overwhelming majority were other Mesoamerican peoples who see this as their final reckoning with the Aztecs.”Play from 19:35Report a misattribution
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