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Aug 2024
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REWIND - The Aftermath: The Fall of the ...

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On the week's Aftermath Rewind Rebecca talks with Dr. Camilla Townsend, Distinguished Professor of History specializing in Early Native American and Latin American History At Rutgers University, about who she thinks is to blame for the fall of the Aztec Empire. What she says just might change Rebecca's verdict!


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