Ancient Aztec floating gardens that fed 200 000 destroyed by Spanish in 1519 called Chinampas

[@smoodcruz]

Amazing- those lazy-minded politicians, especially in my part of the world the Caribbean need to take note. Nothing is impossible.

[@LeafofLifeWorld]

The thing about regenerative systems once they are implemented they dont need much work

[@lunazet721]

Nice video, too short tho. BTW the lake was called "Texcoco" and the city was "Tenochtitlán" Oh, and if its any consolation we still have chinampas in Xochimilco, mostly used to farm flowers. Although we are slowly destroying it too :c

[@LeafofLifeWorld]

Thank you. Are they farming the flowers organically? Are they native flowers?

[@gavyndadog9498]

@@LeafofLifeWorld Both.

[@gcwelds3481]

Smart on another level and environment friendly 👌

[@PsychicIsaacs]

The Chinampas may have been looted, but they were not utterly destroyed, as there are still Chinampas in Mexico City to this day.

[@spacebetweenthespace253]

Fantastic information on the ancient Aztec, the floating gardens must of been a wonderful sight. Thanks for sharing 🙏🏽

[@LeafofLifeWorld]

We agree, wouldn't it be a amazing if this existed now?

[@johncarmon9528]

andrew millison has a video on chinampas that still exist in mexico city from 2000 years ago

[@crinna]

The purple flowers in the model were representing amaranth I believe. Nice video, good length, very descriptive

[@LeafofLifeWorld]

Thank you!

[@darthvader5300]

There are three grain bearing amaranths. Amaranthus cruentus, amaranthus caudatus, and amaranthus hydropondriacus. It is the amaranthus hypochrondriacus that produces massive grain heads weighing 6 to 8 pounds of amaranth grains.

[@darthvader5300]

@@LeafofLifeWorld There are three grain bearing amaranths. Amaranthus cruentus, amaranthus caudatus, and amaranthus hydropondriacus. It is the amaranthus hypochrondriacus that produces massive grain heads weighing 6 to 8 pounds of amaranth grains.

[@Iziireal]

Thank you my brother. I'm thinking about making a floating garden.

[@avoiid6357]

Good luck lol

[@thisrandomnoob1673]

Narrator guy's voice is so satisfying

[@staticsnow22]

1. Tenochtitlan was a very big city, but not nearly the biggest city in the world as you say. 2. The Spanish did not “order the destruction of the chinampas,” nor were all of them destroyed. The Spanish, while the leaders of the war against the Mexica, comprised a very small minority of the forces besieging the city. Most of the destruction and massacre of the city was carried about by the Tlaxcalans and other native allies of Cortés, and the destruction of buildings was in many cases a response to the Mexica’s tendency to perch on the azoteas and balconies, hurling missiles down on their enemies.

[@lil_vill773]

1. most of the destruction came from disease 2. stop trying to downplay our culture

[@staticsnow22]

@@lil_vill773 What do you mean “downplay your culture”?

[@guillermodelafuenteferret1905]

You could say it louder but not clearer💪🏽 thank you for saying the truth!🙏🏽🇪🇸

[@trinsit]

Great breakdown. Thank you. Does anyone know of any large scale projects going on to recreate these? I want to use these videos as a blue print to repeat it myself. Love the idea. Off the top of my head, Louisiana through Florida is all good swampy areas. They could actually be turned into this!

[@estebancorral5151]

Lake Victoria is afflicted with water hyacinth overgrowth. If they had the rafts they pile up the the water hyacinth on them then place there staples on top.

[@PsychicIsaacs]

There are still operating Chinampas farms in Mexico City to this day. They were never completely destroyed.

[@ambersykora352]

I know if you look up permaculture methods for clearing ponds and aerating them and growing plants you can look up designs for floating islands that are made of wood/wire mesh/spagham peat moss etc etc with plants on top. It's cleans the water, aerating the water, providing oxygen because the plants roots go down into the pond water beneath the wire mesh which has created a floating island essentially, and the plants thrive off the fish poo in the water, and also provide safe habitat for baby fish to hide out in.

[@xan4720]

Great video, thank you. I recommend Graham Hancock's book trilogy about the Spanish conquest of Mexico- "War God"

[@LeafofLifeWorld]

Thank you for the recommendation

[@suatchaglan7446]

I’m on my second book n nearly finished Cortes is passing through Tlaxcala now

[@ManuelMilano-f8g]

Holaaaaa me encanto el video vivaaaaaaaaaaaaaa🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😂🎉🎉🎉

[@robertbartlett7895]

Please change the default language setting, for some reason the autosubtitles seem to think this video is in Turkish.

[@ShadowthornX]

Grow them again?

[@beepollinatingplasticflowe136]

If I buy land in Florida and it floods do I own the water area

[@ambersykora352]

Uh that would be a no per our fake corporation aka called gov....bureau of land management...ANY NAVIGABLE WATER, whether seasonal or not...a stream or creek or not. Ya insanity. Not true law though

[@mynameisleeyesitis]

Is cost of labour the barrier to this method being trialled on reservoirs in developed nations?

[@ghettohippy_44]

Was this a method of hydroponics?

[@ambersykora352]

Yes. Aquaponics. The plants thrive off of the waste from all the critters leso fish, living in the water and the decaying plant materials.

[@saave47]

thanks

[@16czx]

Amazing

[@Miles.Morales]

I like to think those pyramids are quantum computers.

[@davehasenford3985]

how did they deal with sewage?

[@Duality-Mode]

I heard the Mexicans used caneos to sweep the remnants of decay and sewage on a daily basis and adding/replacing more fresh water.

[@heckzotica]

Fertilizer.

[@urmomsahoe1]

Filter solids from the liquids and liquids get disprused into the lake and solids become fertilizer for plants.

[@bethsanchezyoga55]

they were among the first people in the world to create public restrooms and to compost humanuer.

[@lucykelly7152]

Controllers control. In Europe, they destroied all of the fruit trees in narure, and only kept them in orchards. Then, people had to work for the controllers, to buy access to the food. Did this happen where you were? Did the farmers there destroy the food elsewhere? You probably had controllers, too. You seem to have happy memories of those times, though. But then, so do the people whose societies had human sacrifice. I suppose it takes all kinds to make a world.

[@kenyonbissett3512]

Who were the real barbarians ~ the Aztecs or the Spanish?

[@intheuniversekey]

The spanish they seen Aztec murder the enemies but they nearly killed them all and raped women change their language to spanish and distorted history. Like if when war happens others do not kill the enemy.

[@kenyonbissett3512]

@@intheuniversekey My opinion would be the Spanish would win the Barbarian contest. But, Aztecs sacrificed live (they cut the beating heart out of the person being sacrificed) men, women children and even infants to their Gods. Tens of thousands of sets of bones were found in their sacrificial pits.

[@intheuniversekey]

@@kenyonbissett3512 of the enemy yes. Just like many wars. There are journals and books that talk about it and the misinformation they did sacrafice the enemies and families

[@kenyonbissett3512]

@Jennifer Ordaz do you mean the families of the enemy?

[@lisacraig1894]

Is there anyone doing this now?

[@LeafofLifeWorld]

yes they are still practicing this in a small area in mexico city where there is still some water

[@handsfortoothpicks]

I heard about some people attempting this is africa

[@bethsanchezyoga55]

more for tourism now. but some folks are really trying to revive and expand it. The Mexica were the original urban farmers.

[@ambersykora352]

Permaculture...it's used in personal ponds and lakes. They create structures using wooden frames and wire mesh, with spagham peat moss and other floatable type things to layer w soil on top then plant onto it. It provides protection for fish and oxygenates the soil and stops the formation of algae and clears the water

[@rickecheverria8052]

Just because a Spanish solider thought the gardens were floating be cause of viewing from a distance over 500 years ago does not mean that actually float, which they do not...

[@r------]

Caucasian destroyed everything

[@majolika3henry106]

Good video, but why is the voice so very sleepy?

[@LeafofLifeWorld]

Thank you, it's called a british accent. We drink tea not coffee

[@Craig_Black]

@@LeafofLifeWorld 😂

[@daliafabre4722]

Bruhh what are 3 qualities of the chinampas thats my schoolwork questionnn🥲

[@LeafofLifeWorld]

1. high fertility in the soil, they used the silt from the lake, this makes the vegentables more nutritious much more than most food we eat today 2. They are also important habitats for a variety of wildlife, such as birds, fish, and reptiles. the method of farming was organic and in harmony with nature, the ecosystem was in balance so need did not need to use chemical pesticides or fertilizes 3. zero waste, carbon negative farming, all the food produced was for the ancient city, it was sustainable, they did not have to transport the food far away and waste products such as human poop was even reuse as fertilizer, human manure

[@thejjfamily4843]

Minecraft be like-

[@beepollinatingplasticflowe136]

Florida

[@moosesilver76]

WHATS UP 5B???!?!?

[@BenicioNicolciuk]

No se entiende

[@webwhisper2701]

usual history … great people, creative and self-sustaining living peacefully … until thug conquerers take and destroy

[@DalbecFan]

Lollipop

[@adrianszaj6736]

Na całej planecie .

[@myh27]

Didn't they practice human sacrifice? Incredible gardens but with such human tragedy. A to Z tecs Like alpha Omega, beginning and end?

[@LeafofLifeWorld]

What is your point hasn't every culture killed people?

[@189Blake]

The Romans had slaves and put prisoners to fight to death for "entertainment", but I never see people dismiss their achievements because of that, why do it then with other civilizations?

[@giovanni545]

Revelation 14:12 King James Version 12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

[@isabellagillespie671]

he sounds so sad

[@thetruegamers43]

But it’s kinda soothing

[@mrconfusion87]

Sad that it got destroyed by Cortes and the Conquistadors!

[@johngooch8509]

Bible Numerics is a real sub topic of Biblical Numerology, God is real. But I pray for the Peace of God in Jesus, for our Souls to survive Death, and also a long way away from Hell.