translate English to German: The Aztecs eventually came across this vision on what was then a small swampy island in Lake Texcoco. Not deterred by this, they invented a system to dry the land by setting up small plots in which they produced all the food they required.
Die Stadt war die Hauptstadt des Aztekenreiches, theoretisch ein Bündnis der Städte Tenochtitlán, Texcoco und Tlacopán, in dem Tenochtitlán aber dominierte.