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1 timestamped hit 1 source reading 1 extracted note Newest source: 2025-04-08, day precision Aliases: missionary

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Missionaries

A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...Because the Aztecs were obviously destroyed by the Spanish. The Christian missionaries would come and destroy all written records of the Aztecs, and all..."

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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...Because the Aztecs were obviously destroyed by the Spanish. The Christian missionaries would come and destroy all written records of the Aztecs, and all..."

Most recent Jiang source touching this topic: Kill The God, Take The Empire (2025-04-08, day precision).

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Because Christian missionaries destroyed Aztec written records, Jiang treats the conquest narrative as uncertain and likely distorted by surviving Spanish stories.

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Kill The God, Take The Empire

2025-04-08, day precision · Civilization #44: The Spanish Conquest of the New World

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"...Because the Aztecs were obviously destroyed by the Spanish. The Christian missionaries would come and destroy all written records of the Aztecs, and all..."

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