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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…
1 month ago
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…
1 month ago
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…
1 month ago
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,…
1 month ago
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…
1 month ago
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…
1 month, 1 week ago
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…
1 month, 1 week ago
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…
1 month, 1 week ago
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…
1 month, 1 week ago
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…
1 month, 1 week ago