Tenochtitlan: The Venice of Mesoamerica
Tenochtitlan: The Venice of Mesoamerica
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Tenochtitlan: The Venice of Mesoamerica
I genuinely had no idea the Aztecs were capable of engineering like these dykes, bridges and canal networks
After the Spanish conquest, the lake was drained to control flooding, which is why Mexico City is a [massive urban sprawl](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/AerialViewMexicoCity.jpg/1280px-AerialViewMexicoCity.jpg) today rather than a Venice. It also meant a lot of indigenous species in the lake went extinct or are critically endangered (like the [Axolotl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axolotl)).
Great overview of Tenochtitlan, thank you for sharing. Any recommendations for further reading/viewing?
This video is incredible. The explanations were both informative and easy to listen to! Definitely following. Thank you!
Any video games that use this time period and this location? Sounds like there should be one made for it
I played the Age of Empires 2 Conquerors expansion so I’m pretty much already an expert.
Scrolling though my feed I thought this was about minecraft
Hold on this isn’t Mesopotamia. Mesopotamia is by modern day Iraq and the Persian gulf. Mesopotamia means between the rivers in Greek. And you can’t just call a semi primitave civilization Mesopotamia it’s historically incorrect and lazy.
Who says “amongst”?