The Real Reason Cortes Conquered the Aztec Empire | Victor Davis Hanson

@victordavishanson7273 dismantles the "conquest of paradise" myth, explaining how Cortes conquered an empire of four million people with only a thousand Spaniards. Hanson reveals that indigenous tribes viewed Cortes as a "liberator" from a brutal Aztec regime that performed human sacrifice on a terrifying scale.

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