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JoeDaDude ◴[] No.45899934[source]
On the subject of walls... Cortez reported seeing a wall blocking off an entire valley on his way to Tenochtitlan. One source reported the wall was 6 miles long, and yet it seems to have disappeared without a trace. And yet, Both the London Wall and Hadrian's Wall, though much older still have surviving ruins to this day.
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indoordin0saur ◴[] No.45901037[source]
I wonder if they exaggerated things to make their conquest seem even more impressive
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1. IAmBroom ◴[] No.45901377[source]
Frankly, they didn't much need to do so. The empire they encountered was epic and amazing.