9. The Aztecs - A Clash of Worlds
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
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The Nightmare of Tenoc Te Tan
Cortez hatched a plan to leave the city under cover of darkness. They would sneak through the streets while the mashika slept, and slip across the western causeway. But it wouldn't be easy. The citys series of interconnected islands were joined by drawbridges that the mash e could raise at will,. easily cutting off the spanish and surrounding them. A woman by the docks spotted them and shouted out a warning, mishika, come quickly. Our enemies are leaving. Now that it's night they are running away as fugitives.
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