9. The Aztecs - A Clash of Worlds
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
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12 of the Florentine Kodek - The Memories of the Mashika People
There are no indigenous accounts from the years of the invasion, and none written before a full 20 years afterwards. The florentine kodek compiled by that spanish priest, sahagun, does include one remarkable account of those years. This is known as book 12, and it compiles the memories of the mashika people who survived. Many details are questionable, and things like the exact words of speeches given by montezuma and cortez are likely not entirely reliable. There's no evidence that the meshika ever thought that the europeans were gods. And these stories are likely later inventions.
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