c. 1500
Agriculture
Mesoamerica
Chinampa agriculture at Tenochtitlan
Aztec farmers built raised lake-bed plots yielding several harvests a year.
Why it mattered
Fed one of the largest cities on earth on intensive wetland farming.
Renaissance
1500
2 recorded milestones at this point in the record.
c. 1500
Art & Culture
West Africa
Benin bronze casting at its height
Guild workshops produced commemorative plaques in lost-wax brass.
Why it mattered
A courtly artistic tradition of global stature.
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