c. 1500 CEReputable sourceWell documented
Tenochtitlan: The City on the Lake
On the timeline · around c. 1500 CE ·
What happened
By 1500 Tenochtitlan was an island metropolis of perhaps 200,000 people, linked to the shore by great causeways and supplied with fresh water by an aqueduct. Its canals, plazas and whitewashed temples astonished the Spanish who later saw it.
Why it matters
Tenochtitlan was one of the largest cities in the world of its day — larger than most European capitals — a feat of engineering built on an island in a highland lake.
Sources
- World History Encyclopedia. Tenochtitlan · Reputable source