The Aztec City of Tenochtitlán German geographers drew this map of Tenochtitlán in 1524 based on Aztec sources. At its peak, the city contained some 100,000 people. Temples, a marketplace, schools, the palace of the Aztec chief Montezuma, and a ball-game court stood at its center. The Aztecs viewed Tenochtitlán as the intersection of the secular and divine worlds.

Bildarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz/Dietmar Katz/Art Resource, NY