{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6583019ebbd71a00175001c8/676dd2cc659d6af5971233f8?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Why the Aztecs lost the war with the Spanish","description":"<p>In another special episode looking back at history, Venetia Rainey talks with the author of ‘Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs’, a book that came highly recommended by David Knowles. It’s a new look at how the Aztecs dealt with internal conflict, how they lost the war with the Spanish, and how history has misremembered them.</p><p><br></p><p>'Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs’, by Camilla Townsend, is available here:</p><p><a href=\"https://global.oup.com/ukhe/product/fifth-sun-9780197577660&nbsp;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://global.oup.com/ukhe/product/fifth-sun-9780197577660&nbsp;</a></p>","author_name":"The Telegraph"}