9. The Aztecs - A Clash of Worlds
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
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The Last of the Aztecs
The meshika hatred of the spanish was by this time so intense that they gave up their usual code of honor surrounding war. They no longer tried to capture the europeans for sacrifice and went straight in for the kill instead. Panic spread throughout their ranks, and for perhaps the first time since landing in mexico, fear overcame them. Many had perished along with their horses. And all the gold had been lost, together with the jewels, clothing, all the artillery and many other things besidesgod alone knows how dangerous and how difficult it was. For each time i turned on the enemy, i came back full of arrows and bruised by stones.
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