FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
MESOAMERICAN CIVILIZATIONS THE OLMECS TO CORTES
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in the middle of a harsh desert.
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at a high altitude in the mountains.
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on a small island in a shallow lake.
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in the middle of a dense jungle.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Many feats of Aztec engineering were made necessary by Tenochtitlan’s location on a small island in a shallow lake. Because they lived on an island, the Aztecs used their engineering skills to control the flow of water, to build artificial islands to create more farmland, and to build roads to connnect the city.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Aztecs were highly capable engineers. They built aqueducts and dikes. To create more land to grow crops, they built floating gardens, the chinampas. They built causeways to connect their capital city, built on an island, to the mainland.
Detailed explanation-3: -In less than 200 years, it evolved from a small settlement on an island in the western swamps of Lake Texcoco into the powerful political, economic, and religious center of the greatest empire of Precolumbian Mexico. Tenochtitlan was a city of great wealth, obtained through the spoils of tribute from conquered regions.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Aztec built their capital city, Tenochtitlan, on Lake Texcoco. Built on two islands, the area was extended using chinampas-small, artificial islands created above the waterline that were later consolidated. Tenochtitlan eventually reached an area of more than 13 square kilometers (five square miles).
Detailed explanation-5: -What challenges did the Aztecs face building their city Tenochtitlan in the islands in Lake Texcoco? There was swampy lands, no foundations, and flowing.