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Blog 3

 Aztec Leader: welcome to my humble home, my amazing God

Spanish Conquistador: Thank you? But I will need to talk to my army, I will see you later

Aztec Leader: yes, yes of coarse, what is mine is yours

(5 minutes later)

Servant: Master you needed me

Aztec Leader: we must throw a parade for him, he has come, the God has finally come

Servant: yes, emperor, I shall alert the town

Me: Hello, do you know what all this talk about this 'God' is about

Servant: The mighty God is finally here

(1 minute later)

Spanish Conquistador: ATTACK

Aztec Leader: We won't attack you great God

Spanish army person: sir, why is he calling you a 'God'

Spanish Conquistador: just ignore him and attack

Servant: mighty leader, I think they are trying to attack us

Aztec Leader: what do you mean, he is our God

Servant: young lady you better get out of here

Me: come on then, lets go 

Servant: I can not go, I have to convince my master, the great Aztec Leader, that they are attacking us

Me: if your sure then, thank you 

Blog 2

Today I was walking around Tenochtitlan and saw a man painting a piece of codex. Unfortunately, when I asked if he could translate it for me to read, he just ignored me and walked off. I wonder what it said, maybe it was secret business? I know that people used to use codex to write down laws and so the emperor could send messages to another emperor. I really wanted to find out what the dragon like being, eating a person mean't? Could it mean that they were going to go to war with another empire. If its about war then I hope I'm not here to find out so I guess I'll never know.

Blog 1

 Today I saw these amazing floating gardens, but the Aztecs call them chinampas. The Aztecs are very proud to call the 'chinampas' their own creation which they invented in C.E. 1100. Chinampas are around 10-13 feet (3-4 meters) long but can range between 1,300-3,000 feet (396-914 meters) long, and are 2.5 meters in width. I thought they were floating on the lake until one of the water farmers told me they weren't.

Chinampas are built up on wetlands of a lake, or in fresh water swamps. The side of the chinampas is made from mud, support structures (like wood), then the top is made out of woven reed mat and the above water side walls are made from woven reed walls. They often planted trees such as āhuexōtl (willow trees) on the corners to ensure the chinampas were sturdy. They are used to grow crops. They make them on water to ensure the plants have enough sun and water to grow, it also makes it easy to get from garden to garden.

A really interesting and innovative design aspect the Aztecs made, to make sure there are no blockages in the system, was that they invented a drainage solution. They did this by making a ditch to allow for the flow of water and sediments. Over a period of time the ditch would gather mud, the mud would then be dug up and placed on the chinampas. The mud has many rich nutrients in it, which helps the plants be stronger, healthier, grow quicker and it also acts as fertilizer. 

I was so surprised that the Aztecs came up with such a smart and functional way to plant their crops. I used to think that people from the olden days were not as smart as us, but I was wrong!

  Last week I found a time machine on my door step and as I picked it up it took me all the way back to the year 1519 in Tenochtitlan. That is wear I am now!