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Who made chinampas?
I created chinampas, I am the god of chinampas
What are chinampas and what were they used for?
Chinampas are man-made islands, not super big or super small. They were constructed out of mud, sticks, dirt and wooden poles (to keep it in place). They are sometimes referred to as 'floating island". They were made and used in the Aztec empire around their swampy island. The chinampas were used for growing crops. Almost of the the empires food was grown from the chinampas.
What does an Aztec chinampas mean?
The term chinampas was the method that the Aztecs used to reclaim land from a swamp near their capital. They did this by digging drainage canals.
What are chinampas in Aztec time?
Chinampas is a special word sort of for "floating gardens." The chinampas were created because of space. The Aztecs didn't have enough room for farmland, so they created the" floating gardens" in a river near the market. Everyday they would pull the rope to pull it in and pick the grown crops. After picking them they would put more seeds in and put it back out to float. They never had to water the chinampas because lived on the water.
When were chinampas used?
They were used around the year 1150 A.D.
