Tenochtitlan, also known as the impossible city, capital of the Aztec Empire was one of the most historic cities in the world. It was one of the largest cities around the Spanish conquest, housing about 200,00 people (03/04/17, https://www.courses.psu.edu/anth/anth008_cmg149/aten.html). Larger than London, Paris, and even Rome, it was a bustling metropolis that housed thousands of craftsmen. The architecture of Tenochtitlan was astounding, every structure was carefully painted and ornamented. It was crisscrossed by an intricate pattern of canals. When the Spaniards came, they were awed by the modern city, seeing how clean it was. Tenochtitlan is an astounding city that historians and archeologists were baffled as to how the Aztecs built the
