9. The Aztecs - A Clash of Worlds
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
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What the Mashika and the Spanish Knew
To montezuma, the spanish were a complete mystery. He didn't know where they came from, why they were here or what they wanted. This made it very difficult for him to devise a strategy to deal with them. In the days after landing in mexico, cortez had already sent letters home sending for reinforcements and providing information about the lands he had arrived in. His letters were immediately printed and distributed around european cities. And he even sent back some othi facts that he stole from aztec temples. These were exhibited in town halls around europe. Little more than a year later, the german painter albrech dura saw some examples
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