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Aztec city on the site of modern Mexico City; Jiang uses it as evidence of Aztec agricultural adaptation, scale, and urban sophistication.
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Tenochtitlan
Aztec city on the site of modern Mexico City; Jiang uses it as evidence of Aztec agricultural adaptation, scale, and urban sophistication.
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Aztec agriculture transformed swamp land into productive farm land, allowing population growth and prosperity despite difficult terrain.
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The Aztecs are not treated as simple or backward; Jiang emphasizes courts, judges, schooling, legal code, hierarchy, economy, and one of the largest cities in the world.
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"And they're very similar to the Romans. So if you think Aztec, think Romans as well. The main similarity is that both the Aztecs..."
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"So Mexico City, if you have a chance to visit there, it is actually on the site of Teno -Teclen, which is a city..."
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"...this was a very vibrant civilization. And as such, their city, Tenochtitlan, grew very fast. Very, very large. When the Spanish first came to..."
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