We know from manuscripts like the Codex Telleriano-Remensis that the Aztec had a sophisticated, Richter-like scale to chronicle earthquakes.
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Because they couldn't respect indigenous knowledge, The Spanish drained Lake Texcoco; *they* decided to build on volcanic, unstable soil.
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I've been under the weather and was moving fast in my previous colonization/earthquake thread. I did have some mistakes. But....
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Several people have responded that the Aztecs were the ones who were so backward, they built on Lake Texcoco. They're missing the point.
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You wanna correct me/mention that Lake Texoco was saltwater? That there was more than one lake, several were freshwater? Cool. Please do.
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But stay out of my mentions if you're only here to make the point that Spanish colonization was somehow a great thing for progress.
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Colonization is, quite literally, the foundation on which environmental degradation is built.
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