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I'm not sure Tenochtitlan was technically a city. The defining characteristic of a city is that it can't feed itself. (Hence the "urban" vs "rural" dichotomy.)
by otabdeveloper4 2y ago
I'm not sure Tenochtitlan was technically a city.
The defining characteristic of a city is that it can't feed itself. (Hence the "urban" vs "rural" dichotomy.)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Tenochtitlan was a closed system and used to have farms on the lake and the islands.
- ch4s3 2y agoI’m not sure that’s a good definition of a city, and not one I’ve seen elsewhere. I’ve read quite a lot about urban planning and Tenochtitlan would fit right in with English garden cities of the early 20th century. It also had a larger population than almost any city in Europe at the time, and certainly the Spanish called it a city.