Figure 10.10 Pre-conquest Tenochtitlan. This image, a detail from a mural by Mexican artist Diego Rivera, shows Tenochtitlan in the background. Notice how orderly, clean, and happy this painting makes this ancient city—today known as Mexico City—look. (Gianni Dagli Orti/The Art Archive at Art Resource, NY © 2014 Banco de Mexico Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F./Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.)