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, and at its center stood temples, a marketplace, schools, the palace of the Aztec chief Montezuma, and a ball-game court. The Aztecs viewed Tenochtitlán as the intersection of the secular and divine worlds. Bildarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz/Dietmar Katz/Art Resource, NY