The City Of Dreams: The Aztec Conquest Part 2
Conflicted: A History Podcast
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Cortez and Montezuma
The Aztecs had never seen anything like an armored man riding an armored horse. Some of them even thought that the spaniards were centaurs. Cortes only had 16 horses with him at the time, but the fear that they inspired would prove invaluable later. Historian levye offers a fantastic description of the initial moments of this meeting.
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