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The Aztec Conquest pt 2: Carrying Warships Over Mountains
When we last left Hernán Cortés, he had taken an emperor hostage and everything had blown up in his face. In this episode, we are tracking the brutal and chaotic end of the Aztec Empire. We cover:
The Sad Night: How the Spanish made a daring escape out of the city in the middle of the night , and how men literally drowned to death because they refused to drop the gold they had stolen.
The Microscopic Conquistador: Why the deadliest weapon the Spanish brought was actually smallpox. The disease swept through the city, killing half of Tenochtitlan's inhabitants , including their new emperor.
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