9. The Aztecs - A Clash of Worlds
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
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The Festival of Tosh Cattle in Tenochtilan
While cortez dealt with narvaez on the coast, in tenochdetlan, he had left in charge a man named pedro de alvarado. Alvarado continued to control moctezuma as the emperor went about his daily business. But now alvarado sense growing signs of rebellion among the mashika. With cortes gone, they sensed weakness. They stopped providing the spaniards with food. And one mashika girl who had been doing their laundry was found murdered. Trouble was brew ing in to nostitlan and on the third night of the festival of tosh katl it would all come to a head.
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