They made it work!
The Spaniards, not so much.
"Bro, CLEARLY this is a sign from the gods to build our capital in a swamp!"
Submitted 18 hours ago by PugJesus@piefed.social to historymemes@piefed.social
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mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 13 hours ago
RobotToaster@mander.xyz 17 hours ago
What is it with ancient civilizations and letting birds decide where to build cities? I guess Rome was lucky they got a hill.
PugJesus@piefed.social 15 hours ago
tbf, a lot of swampy terrain around Rome too. Malaria was killer (literally) in the city for that very reason.
CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 17 hours ago
DC is also a swamp, literally and figuratively
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 15 hours ago 
TallonMetroid@lemmy.world 16 hours ago IIRC, the best part is that DC is where it is specifically because it was a bribe to get the slave states on board, since previously the federal government had been based in Philadelphia. So yeah, the US doesn’t even have the excuse of divine revelation for setting up the capital in a swamp, but because somehow that was enough to appease white slavers.
mangaskahn@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Listen, lad. I built this kingdom up from nothing. When I started here, all there was was swamp. Other kings said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I built it all the same, just to show ‘em. It sank into the swamp. So, I built a second one. That sank into the swamp. So, I built a third one. That burned down, fell over, then sank into the swamp, but the fourth one… stayed up! And that’s what you’re gonna get, lad: the strongest castle in these islands.
PugJesus@piefed.social 18 hours ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenochtitlan#History
Tenochtitlan was the capital of the Mexican civilization of the Mexica people, founded in 1325. The state religion of the Mexica civilization awaited the fulfillment of an ancient prophecy: the wandering tribes would find the destined site for a great city whose location would be signaled by an eagle with a snake in its beak perched atop a cactus (Opuntia), which had grown from the heart of Copil.[24][25]
The Mexica saw this vision on what was then a small swampy island in Lake Texcoco, a vision that is now immortalized in Mexico’s coat of arms and on the Mexican flag. Not deterred by the unfavourable terrain, they set about building their city, using the chinampa system (misnamed as “floating gardens") for agriculture and to dry and expand the island.
Not so sure about the health conditions of living in a swamp, but it is metal af symbolism.
massive_bereavement@fedia.io 13 hours ago Plus their origin and how they decided to flay their host's daughter has always made the Mexicas/Aztecs my favorite evil empire.
Bohne93@feddit.org 10 hours ago
Berlin is also build on a swamp, whats going on here?