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1. bugake · 1790837355 · 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. UncleOxidant · 1790867209 · focus · HN ↗

      The Spanish also brought with them diseases that the Aztecs (or any new world peoples ) had no immunity to.

      1. mahboi · 1790881020 · focus · HN ↗

         But that would kill their allies more if anything

         1. YeGoblynQueenne · 1790889731 · focus · HN ↗

            It did, it devastated them, along with everyone else who was native to the region.

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