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Thank you! I scanned the text and scrolled through all the pics, and searched for `tenoch` and didn't get any hits. "The urban sprawl caused the lake system to
by eckmLJE 1y ago
Thank you! I scanned the text and scrolled through all the pics, and searched for `tenoch` and didn't get any hits. "The urban sprawl caused the lake system to dry up" glosses over a super interesting sequence of decisions that led to the disaster.
More reading for anyone interested
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Mexico_City#Flooding,_the_Desagüe,_and_environmental_changes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Mexico_City#Floodin...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Texcoco#Artificial_drainage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Texcoco#Artificial_draina...
https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2022/09/mexico-citys-desage-of-1607-from-an-island-to-a-water-crisis/ https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2022/09/mexico-citys-desage-of-160...
- articlereader 1y agogood read, thanks for sharing!