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The conquistadors understood their history as a struggle to unite the Iberian Peninsula and complete the Reconquista.
Unidentified speaker · Si Sheppard – How did a few hundred Spanish soldiers topple two empires? · 1 Oct 2026
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“And they were aware their history was one of struggle,”
“uniting the peninsula and consummating the Reconquista. So they had a proud warrior background, but little to show for it, really.”Play from 1:15:06Report a misattribution
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