Long before Mexico City existed, the magnificent city of Tenochtitlan ruled the Valley of Mexico.
I think one of the greatest moments in history to witness would be the height of Tenochtitlan in the early 1500s, before Hernán Cortés and the Spanish conquistadors conquered and destroyed the city. Seeing one of the world’s most remarkable urban centers at its peak would be an unforgettable experience.
When the Spanish first arrived in 1519, Tenochtitlan was among the largest cities on Earth, with an estimated population of 200,000 to 300,000—larger than most European capitals of the era. Built on an island in Lake Texcoco, it was connected to the mainland by three massive causeways equipped with removable bridges for defense. A network of canals ran throughout the city, allowing canoes to transport people and goods so efficiently that Europeans often compared it to the “Venice of the Americas.”
At the heart of the city stood the Templo Mayor, an enormous twin-temple pyramid dedicated to the gods Huitzilopochtli and Tlaloc. Surrounding it were palaces, government buildings, temples, and bustling plazas. Nearby, the Great Market of Tlatelolco drew thousands of merchants each day, offering everything from food and pottery to textiles, jewelry, and luxury goods from across Mesoamerica.
The Aztecs also demonstrated extraordinary engineering and agricultural innovation. They expanded farmland using chinampas—highly productive artificial farming plots built in shallow lake waters—while aqueducts supplied the city with fresh water from nearby springs. Carefully planned neighborhoods organized by occupation and social status completed a city that combined sophisticated engineering, architecture, and urban planning, making Tenochtitlan one of the greatest achievements of the pre-Columbian world.
@elonmusk Can't beat it!! America is a country of immigrants.
Don't want it to be that way going forward? Then tear down the Statue of Liberty!!! The words inscribed there have no meaning if you decide consciously to loathe immigrants.
Hate isn't American OR moral.
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@rhinosirles@AzPetrich 15 mentions of Dems.
Over a million mentions of Trump (and still files unlawfully withheld.)
This post is ridiculous willful blindness. All Hail Your Pedophile Pedagogue!
@POTUS Thank you!!!!!!!!!
The generational divide in this election can't be understated. Kamala will be able to draw in young blue voters in ways you can't.
God Bless You and Yours, Mr. President!
#Harris2024
@POTUS Your record, Mr. President, does not speak for itself!
YOU need to speak for your record. Just like you need to speak for your party & your country. And, in order to win, you need to do all that ELOQUENTLY.
You've proven that, sadly, you are NOT eloquent. Face facts.
@POTUS You said you had "command of all your faculties" in an interview where you were stuttering, almost incoherent. I am a 63-yr-old Democrat BEGGING YOU, Mr. President, to stop being so ridiculously stubborn! If you run, young people will NOT vote for you & Trump WILL win!!!
He stacked the court to overthrow Roe Vs Wade so women now can't even get (controversial) abortions if raped.
You know next he'll use the same devious method to elliminate (controversial) gay marriage.
#LGBTQ#Trump2024#TrumpsSecretAgenda#ComingUpNext!
The only upside to #Trump stacking the Supreme Court so that his sycophants there will find the 22nd Amendment unconstitutional-- we could eventually bring back Obama to break Roosevelt's term record, establishing a New Deal for a more diverse middle class.
Biden would have worked to put term limits on Supreme Court Justices that have become blatantly partial & partisan.
Trump will have his sycophants on the Court find term limits on Presidents to be unconstitutional so he can remain in power until HE dies.
@StephenKing I hear Biden has Covid. If that rumor is true, would you, Mr. King, please consider running for President? In a debate, no one could recognize Evil like you could! Writing Randall Flagg's dialogue would be like a dry run for what you'd face.
I was determined not to get involved in politics this time-- just vote as always. But then Trump gets shot & survives. What's a brain-addled epileptic horror writer gonna do? #DrawnBackIn