Aztec Landscape

Some quick facts about the Aztec Empire:

- The Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan, was built on a lake and connected by causeways; visitors compared it to Venice

- They engineered chinampas, floating garden islands that produced astonishing amounts of food year‑round

- Elite warriors belonged to orders like the Jaguar Knights and Eagle Knights

- Codices (painted manuscripts) used pictographs rather than alphabetic writing

- Military success could elevate a commoner into the nobility

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