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| 1200 AD to 1492 AD This period saw the Aztec civilization rise meteorically. They built their great city Tenochtitlán. It had paved roads, canals, parks, temples and plazas and a great market. They wrote poetry and many documents in picture writing; they found royal wives from surrounding clans and began a dynasty. They invented new farming methods and a cuisine that included a great variety of foods. Chocolate, beaten to froth with a wooden whisk, remained a privileged delicacy-until-The New World was "found" by Christopher Columbus. |
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| A modern wooden beater to make chocolate drinks froth. Photograph © Barbara Kerr |
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Courtesy of Mars, Incorporated
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