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The Aztecs flooded Isla Palpa by breaking the lake’s dikes, taking out some conquistadors and their allies.
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“against Cortez when he was taking one of the smaller cities on Lake Tishkoko,”
“Isla Palpa,”
“the Aztecs broke the dikes in the lake and flooded the city,”
“which took out a number of the conquistadors and their allies.”Play from 32:47Report a misattribution
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