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The Spanish Entrada into Yucatán: Montejo's Forgotten War
The Spanish Entrada into Yucatán: Montejo's Forgotten War

Season 1 Episode 43

While Cortés toppled Tenochtitlan, a far bloodier and more stubborn conquest unfolded in the Yucatán Peninsula. This episode follows Francisco de Mon…

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The Siege of Tenochtitlan's Water Supply: Cortés's Strategic Masterstroke
The Siege of Tenochtitlan's Water Supply: Cortés's Strategic Masterstroke

Season 1 Episode 42

In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the critical role of water in the fall of Tenochtitlan. They discuss how Cortés cut off the city's freshwater…

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La Malinche: Interpreter, Strategist, and the Birth of Modern Mexico
La Malinche: Interpreter, Strategist, and the Birth of Modern Mexico

Season 1 Episode 41

This episode of The Conquistadors steps away from battles and massacres to focus on one of the most pivotal and controversial figures of the conquest…

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The Inca Resistance: Manco Inca's Rebellion of 1536
The Inca Resistance: Manco Inca's Rebellion of 1536

Season 1 Episode 40

When Pizarro executed Atahualpa in 1533, the conquest of the Inca Empire seemed complete. But the Inca resistance had only begun. Within three years,…

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The Requerimiento A Legal Cover for Conquest
The Requerimiento A Legal Cover for Conquest

Season 1 Episode 39

In this episode, Lucas and Luna dissect the Requerimiento, a legal document read to indigenous peoples before conquest that demanded submission to th…

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The Noche Triste: Cortés's Night of Sorrows
The Noche Triste: Cortés's Night of Sorrows

Season 1 Episode 38

On the night of June 30, 1520, Hernán Cortés and his army fled Tenochtitlan under a hail of Aztec arrows. Hundreds of Spaniards and thousands of Tlax…

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The Cholula Massacre: Terror Before Tenochtitlan
The Cholula Massacre: Terror Before Tenochtitlan

Season 1 Episode 37

In October 1519, Hernán Cortés and his army entered the great city of Cholula, home to the second largest pyramid in Mesoamerica and a major center o…

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The First Mass in Mexico: Religion as a Tool of Conquest
The First Mass in Mexico: Religion as a Tool of Conquest

Season 1 Episode 36

In this episode of The Conquistadors, Lucas and Luna explore the role of religion in the Spanish conquest of Mexico, focusing on the first Catholic m…

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Hernán Cortés and the Tlaxcalan Alliance: The Key to Conquest
Hernán Cortés and the Tlaxcalan Alliance: The Key to Conquest

Season 1 Episode 35

In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the crucial alliance between Hernán Cortés and the Tlaxcalan confederacy—a partnership that turned the tide a…

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The Encomienda System: Feudalism in the Americas
The Encomienda System: Feudalism in the Americas

Season 1 Episode 34

In this episode of The Conquistadors, Lucas and Luna explore the encomienda system, the Spanish labor and tribute mechanism that shaped colonial life…

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