“Chinampas are swampy rectangular patches of earth where food is being grown. Each chinampa was surrounded by canels which is the water formed in between them.”““Proper planning was done for the construction of the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan. The city was divided into four zones called “campan” with each zone further sub-divided into 20 districts known as “calpullis”. Each Calpullis was then crossed by various streets called “tlaxilcalli”. Three main streets crossed the city with each leading to one of the three causeways to the mainland of Tepeyac, Ixtapalpa, and Tlacopan. According to the reports of Spanish Conquistadors, the streets were wide enough for ten horses.” “At a micro-level each family unit produced its own food. Family units were part of a wider kin group or ayllu which collectively owned farmland.” “The creative ways that the Incas interacted with the enviornment to produce agriculture.” “severe reductions in rainfall were coupled with a rapid rate of deforestation.“ “There were farmers about 2,500 years ago who were farming dry land, and then the sea level rose and inundated people’s farms,” Compare and contrast