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The Papal Bull That Split the World: 1493
In 1493, Pope Alexander VI issued a series of papal bulls that drew a line down the Atlantic Ocean, granting Spain all lands west of it and Portugal everything to the east. This episode opens with a Spanish scribe in Tordesillas, 1494, as ambassadors from Spain and Portugal haggle over a line that would shape global colonization for centuries. Lucas and Luna explore the world before 1492: the interconnected trade routes of the Silk Road, the powerful empires of the Aztecs and Incas, the wealthy kingdoms of West Africa like Mali and Songhai, and the flourishing city-states of the Swahili…
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