FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
MESOAMERICAN CIVILIZATIONS THE OLMECS TO CORTES
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They built more islands.
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They moved the city.
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They drained the lake around the city.
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They tied boats around the city.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Aztecs expanded their empire through military conquest and sustained it through tributes imposed on the conquered regions. Every 80 days, the new subjects of the Aztecs had to pay tributes to Tenochtitlan.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Aztecs adapted to the swampy environment of their island capital of Tenochtitlan by developing ingenious engineering projects. They dug canals throughout the island that channeled the swamp water into set waterways, providing drier ground for building.
Detailed explanation-4: -Tenochtitlan was located on a swampy island in Lake Texcoco in what is today south central Mexico. The Aztecs were able to settle there because no one else wanted the land. At first, it wasn’t a great place to start a city, but soon the Aztecs built up islands where they could grow crops.
Detailed explanation-5: -Their relatively sophisticated system of agriculture (including intensive cultivation of land and irrigation methods) and a powerful military tradition would enable the Aztecs to build a successful state, and later an empire.