How did the Aztec create more farmland for the city of Tenochtitlan?
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The Aztecs used their engineering talents to control the flow of water, first by building a dike to hold back Lake Texcoco and then by creating an aqueduct to bring fresh water to the city of Tenochtitlan. They also built the artificial islands known as chinampas to create more farmland to help feed the huge city....
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Aztec farmers built up the soil until it was above the surface of the lake. ... At the height of the Aztec Empire, thousands of these fertile and productive chinampas surrounded Tenochtitlan and other Aztec cities. Terraced, irrigated fields added another layer of farmland for the hungry Aztecs.
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