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Why the Bronze Age Collapsed

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  1. bugake · · focus · HN ↗
    The text wrongly claims that the Spanish defeated the Aztecs because of their iron weapons. Actually, the Spanish were vastly outnumbered, so their weapons alone were irrelevant in the battle. The Spanish had alliances with Indigenous peoples who opposed the Aztec Empire, giving them a much larger army. That defeated the Aztecs.
    1. CSMastermind · · focus · HN ↗
      The misinformation about the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs is one of the most depressing things imaginable.

      The historical record is completely clear and we have first hand accounts, primary sources, from the people present. It's all readily available and anyone interest can easily verify it.

      And yet, even in the comments responding to yours, people confidently state just blatantly untrue things.

      1. amelius · · focus · HN ↗
        The real reason is of course that the Spaniards took all the jobs of the Aztecs.
        1. [deleted] · · focus · HN ↗

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        2. mahboi · · focus · HN ↗
          Only the jobs the Aztecs didn't want
          1. Viliam1234 · · focus · HN ↗
            That means all jobs that didn't involve ritual sacrifice.
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