9. The Aztecs - A Clash of Worlds
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
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The Rise and Fall of the Aztec Empire
When tiotiwakan fell around the year five 50, china's chen dynasty had invented matches. When the toltec empire fell in the valley of mexico around the beginning of the twelfth century, the chinese had already invented gunpowder and a magnetic compass for use at sea. The race that would determine the outcome of the coming war of the worlds had always been rigged against them. One technology above all others would prove to be the decisive factor in the coming collision of worlds - ocean going ship.
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