9. The Aztecs - A Clash of Worlds
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
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Cortez and the Spaniards Melted the Gold Into Bricks
Cortez and his men spent the next few weeks in tenoctitlan. They saw the sights of the great market of clatololco, which bernardiaz remembers with astonishment. And they lost no time in interrogating montezuma about the stores of gold he had. The spanish created a fire and melted it all down into gold bricks.
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