Mexico City
April 7th 2007 Mexico City was founded as Mexico-Tenochtitlan circa March 18, 1325 by the Nahua Aztec or Mexica tribe, which rapidly became the capital of a sophisticated growing empire. Located on a small island on the middle of Lake Texcoco, the layout of the city forced the Mexica to build artificial islands (chinampas) and create a series of canals to allow the growth of the metropolis. In fact, although th
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