xkillachillix | 23 points
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[-] clif_darwin | 0 points
The movie features Mayans but, my point is Mel Gibson managed to save the main character with conquistadors. Turning the people who committed genocides of native peoples into the heroes.
[-] xkillachillix | 8 points | Feb 08 2016 00:53:41
One of the best films I have seen, everyone deserves to watch this in the highest quality.
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[-] Heiminator | 2 points | Feb 08 2016 18:59:30
One of these movies I simply cannot shut off when they turn up on TV
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[-] clif_darwin | -3 points | Feb 08 2016 04:45:41
Ahh the movie that the native people of central america are saved by the conquistadors.
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[-] ironfist92 | 1 points | Feb 08 2016 09:44:08
Except its not...
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[-] cargocultleader | 1 points | Feb 08 2016 22:23:13
Your view is a bit narrow, to quote Wikipedia:
"Another factor was the ability of the conquistadors to manipulate the political situation between indigenous peoples. To beat the Inca civilization, they supported one side of a civil war. They overthrew the Aztec civilization by allying with natives who had been subjugated by more powerful neighbouring tribes and kingdoms. These tactics had been used since antiquity, for example, in the Granada War, the conquest of the Canary Islands and conquest of Navarre. Throughout the conquest, the indigenous people greatly outnumbered the conquistadors; the conquistador troops never exceeded 2% of the native population. The army with which Hernán Cortés besieged Tenochtitlan was composed of 200,000 soldiers, of which fewer than 1% were Spaniards."
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