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A presentation by Trent Pennington
What human or natural resources helped the Aztec Empire grow or ultimately led to its downfall?
The Aztec Empire was a culture that flourished because of their irrigation and architectural systems. The Aztec downfall happened for many reasons though. The Aztec downfall happened because of drought, internal conflict between the tribe because of so many sacrifices happening, irrigation system failure, and diseases like smallpox.
* Tenochtitlan was occupied by the Millennias when the Aztecs arrived; the Aztec and the Millennia co-existed for some time
* The Aztecs killed a Millennia princess as a sacrifice, and war broke out
* The Aztecs lost the war, though they would later reclaim Tenochtitlan as their own
The Aztec's irrigation system was mainly made out of chinampas, a medium sized rectangles that were thirty meters long by two and a half meters long. These were constructed so there would be many of them with canals running through to grow algae as well as the plants. These small offshore gardens had woven fencing around them and sometimes there were willows for the fencing. The chinampas were lined parallel and were only a few feet off of the ground.