9. The Aztecs - A Clash of Worlds
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
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Montezuma's Greetings to the Spanish
Montezuma extended his courtesy to the spaniards and they were shown into the city. They were given lodgings in palace that had once belonged to a former king, which agilar wrote about in high praise. There were innumerable rooms inside, antechambers, splendid halls, mattresses of large cloaks, pillows of leather and tree fibre,. good ider downs and admirable white fur robes, as well as well made wooden seats. When the spanish arrived in the palace, they began firing off their guns in celebration, and set off their cannons too. The sounds would have resounded around the city streets. And the ordinary mashika hid in fear o yet yokin
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