• ValiantDust@feddit.orgEnglish
    5·
    6 days ago

    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?

    • acockworkorangeEnglish
      5·
      6 days ago

      Wasn’t it already one of the most populous cities in the world at the time of European contact?

      • ValiantDust@feddit.orgEnglish
        3·
        5 days ago

        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.

        • acockworkorangeEnglish
          3·
          5 days ago

          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.