Norse and Aztecs · TURNING POINT ·
Acuecuexco aqueduct flood (1499–1500)
On the Norse and Aztecs map as “Acuecuexco — the spring that drowned the city”
1499–1500 — The ruler Ahuitzotl brought the powerful springs of Acuecuexco, on the border of Coyoacán, into the city by a stone channel, killing the lord of Coyoacán who warned against it. The water flooded Tenochtitlan until divers sealed the springs.
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- Turning point
- Chapter
- Aztec dikes, aqueducts and floods (chapter 8 of Norse and Aztecs)
- Atlas
- Climate and Innovation: The Norse and the Aztecs, c. 790–1521
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