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Montezuma

Dan Snow travels to Mexico to investigate the history, character and legacy of Montezuma, the last great ruler of the Aztecs of Central America.

Dan Snow travels to Mexico to investigate the history, character and legacy of Montezuma, the last great ruler of the Aztecs of Central America.

He uncovers the extraordinary story of the Aztecs themselves, a cultured and civilised people whose lives were governed by eleborate ceremony and blood-curdling ritual.

Dan Snow also discovers how, in a titanic clash of cultures, their leader Montezuma faced up to a mortal threat from another world - the weaponry, gold lust and greed of 16th-century Spanish conquistadors.

1 hour

Last on

Sat 8 Oct 201119:00

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Credits

RoleContributor
PresenterDan Snow
ProducerJohn Trefor
DirectorJohn Trefor
Executive ProducerLudo Graham

Broadcasts

  • Sat 19 Sep 200920:00
  • Sun 20 Sep 200919:00
  • Mon 28 Sep 200920:00
  • Sat 14 Nov 200903:25
  • Sun 29 Nov 200918:00
  • Sun 29 Nov 200919:00
  • Tue 20 Jul 201022:00
  • Sat 2 Apr 201100:45
  • Fri 10 Jun 201123:30
  • Mon 3 Oct 201119:00
  • Sat 8 Oct 201100:55
  • Sat 8 Oct 201119:00