SSTF@lemmy.world to HistoryArt@piefed.social · 1 month agoThe first European map of the Aztec capital city of Tenochtitlan, published in Nuremberg in 1524.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up1103arrow-down10
arrow-up1103arrow-down1imageThe first European map of the Aztec capital city of Tenochtitlan, published in Nuremberg in 1524.lemmy.worldSSTF@lemmy.world to HistoryArt@piefed.social · 1 month agomessage-square8linkfedilink
minus-squareklu9@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoGreat for agriculture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinampa
minus-squareObtuseDoorFrame@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoThey had floating gardens, too. They would plant corn in them, and once the roots of the corn reached the bottom of the lake, the garden wouldn’t even need to be anchored anymore.
TIL the atzecs built cities in lakes.
Great for agriculture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinampa
They had floating gardens, too. They would plant corn in them, and once the roots of the corn reached the bottom of the lake, the garden wouldn’t even need to be anchored anymore.