The meeting of the controversial Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés and the formidable Emperor Montezuma in 1519 was one of the great hinge moments of world history, and the beginning of the end for t…
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- Part 6
- Published date
- 2023-11-16
- Year span
- 1520 – 1521
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