12. The Inca - Cities in the Cloud
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
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Francisco Pizarro - The Hero of Conquest
Francisco pizarro had dreamed of one day surpassing his younger cousin cortez, in the glory of conquest. The chronic er ciesa de leon even places pizarro on the pedestal of heroes like alexander the great. Many nations have excelled others and overcome. But no nation has with such resolution, passed through such labors, or long periods of starvation, or covered such immense distances as the spanish have done in a period of 70 years. They have opened up a new world, greater than the one we had knowledge, exploring what was unknown and never before seen.
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