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Tenochtitlán, Later Mexico City: View from 1617
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Possibly, I really don't know. If so, then my apologies to the people of Tenochtitlan. My point about draining the lake and building on it still stands, though.
It was essentially a continuation of the work they started. The city was built on marshes and low islands that were drained and raised. It worked great for them before, I can understand that they wouldn’t foresee any undesirable consequences.