🎧 The Conquistadores
Early Modern • 30m
Fernando Cervantes joined me on the podcast to reframe the story of the Spanish conquest of the New World, set against the political and intellectual landscape from which its main actors emerged.
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🎧 The Expulsion of Native Americans
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🎧 The Fall of the Aztecs
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🎧 The History of Iran: Part 2 with Al...
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