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"... I counted from a mezquita [mosque] four hundred and so many towers in [the city of Cholula], and all are from mosques." Why were Mexican temples "mosques" to Hernán Cortés? How did interaction with Islam influence Spanish conceptions of indigenous Americans?

by /u/screwyoushadowban in /r/AskHistorians

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