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Aztec floating garden diagram (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/HistoryDrawings@kbin.social
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[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Do you have additional information on this?

This looks similar to the rows of wave breakers for land reclaimation (German: Lahnung).

[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'm not super well-informed on the subject, but I believe this wiki article references this kind of construction.

[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Huh native south Americas may have invented aquaponics.

[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

When Cortes's band reached the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan, one of the more widely traveled soldiers compared it (favorably) to Constantinople, considered one of the most magnificent cities of Europe at the time. Many American civilizations were quite advanced and impressive before Columbian contact!