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Feeding the Aztec
confederation depended both upon
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traditional
agricultural forms and innovations.
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Conquered peoples
lost land and gave food as tribute.
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In and around the
lake the Aztecs developed a system
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of irrigated
agriculture.
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They built chinampas,
artificial floating islands, that
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permitted the
harvesting of high-yield multiple yearly
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crops.
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