9. The Aztecs - A Clash of Worlds
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
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'O Our Lord, O Master, Destroy Us if You Will'
In 15 19, a canoe of native jamaicans had landed in montezumas lands. They were apparently refugees from some terrible destruction taking place there. A strange chest had even washed up on the shores of the gulf of mexico and was brought to tenoctitlan for inspection. It contained several suits of bizarre clothes, as well as a number of jewels and a sword made of hard gray metal. All of this troubled moctezuma. He told the men to tell no one of what they had seen; he ordered them to return to the coast and establish a permanent watch.
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