They Were Great at Farming
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Aztec society mostly centered on farming crops, and in order to achieve this, the people developed an incredible irrigation system. Like many things in Aztec society, these initial irrigation channels had been developed by long extinct forebears in the area, and the Aztecs discovered their ruins before figuring out how to expand them and make them even more efficient.