9. The Aztecs - A Clash of Worlds
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
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Cortes's First Words
A few days after the founding of vera cruz, a group of meshika men dressed in the finest feathers and embroidered cloaks arrived. They brought gifts of gold and incense, as well as some food. Other mashika men also sat among the trees overlooking the beach. These were moctezuma's finest court painters, sent with their brushes and paints to record everything they saw. Probably from that moment, the entire fate of the empire was sealed. Cortes decided then and there that he would march to tenoch titlan and take the entire land for himself.
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