9. The Aztecs - A Clash of Worlds
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
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Cortez's Assassination of the Aztecs
In the first weeks after his arrival in tenoctetlan, something happened that would give him the perfect excuse to speed up his plans. News arrived from the coast that six of his men had been killed in a quarrel with some local meshika. Cortez likely knew that it had been an accident, but he saw his opportunity and decided to use this as an excuse to move against the emperor moctezuma.
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