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President of Mexico demands apology from Spain and the Pope:
"There were massacres... The so-called conquest was done with the sword and the cross. They raised churches on top of temples."
bbc.com/news/world-lat…
"There were massacres... The so-called conquest was done with the sword and the cross. They raised churches on top of temples."
bbc.com/news/world-lat…
A most horrific episode of the conquest of Mexico was that ALL their books were destroyed (just 3 or 4 survived)
"Aztec codices were burned by the Spaniards for their pagan religious content, and by Aztec kings in an effort to rewrite their history."
library.arizona.edu/exhibits/mexco…
"Aztec codices were burned by the Spaniards for their pagan religious content, and by Aztec kings in an effort to rewrite their history."
library.arizona.edu/exhibits/mexco…
Bishop de Landa "was determined to wipe out all knowledge of the Mayan religion, and saw the Mayan language and hieroglyphs as a key.
"In 1699, Spanish soldiers burned a town that had the last school of scribes. By 1720, not a single person could read."
ancientpages.com/2016/07/12/on-…
"In 1699, Spanish soldiers burned a town that had the last school of scribes. By 1720, not a single person could read."
ancientpages.com/2016/07/12/on-…
