Tenochtitlán, Later Mexico City: View from 1617
1y 3mon ago by mander.xyz/u/fossilesque in old_maps@mander.xyz from mander.xyz
3D recreation, super cool: https://tenochtitlan.thomaskole.nl/
And then they thought: Let's fill up drain this lake and build one of the most populous cities of the world on it. What could possibly go wrong?
Wasn’t it already one of the most populous cities in the world at the time of European contact?
Possibly, I really don't know. If so, then my apologies to the people of Tenochtitlan. My point about draining the lake and building on it still stands, though.
It was essentially a continuation of the work they started. The city was built on marshes and low islands that were drained and raised. It worked great for them before, I can understand that they wouldn’t foresee any undesirable consequences.
You can't fool me, thats Generic Isekai City #15
