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    The main activity in Aztec daily life was farming. The people spent continuous hours cultivating the land, and because it was quite infertile to begin with they were always creating new methods to increase their yields. The main methods that they used included irrigation, fertilization, and the building of terraces. ...
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    Gardens of Tenochtitlan
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    Author: * Netzahaulacoyotl Huascar - 1 Post on this thread out of 1 Post sitewide.
    Date: Mar 1, 2004 - 13:17

    The great city of Tenochtitlan amazed the Spaniards with its vast gardens laid out systematically in squares with trellises for vines and other plants brought from far away. It has been suggested that reports of these Aztec gardens spurred the establishment of the first European botanical gardens in the 1540's.


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