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Re:Aztec Political Thought (2013) by perseusmandate on Saturday February 02, 2019 @02:00PM (#19064907)
Even more absurd to me than Cortes' conquest of Mexico was Pizarro's conquest of the Incas, an empire which was larger than both the Mayans or Aztec.

IIRC Cortes had ~1500 conquistadors on his side and Pizarro had ~500

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Re:Aztec Political Thought (2013) by spanxx on Sunday February 03, 2019 @02:48AM (#19068340)
Both conquistadors were helped by native fighters, so these numbers only show the Spanish warriors not their massive allied army.
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