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Aztec Capital:
The Great Exchange:
Before you is a small corner of a giant marketplace serving the capital city of the thriving Aztec Empire, in what is now Mexico. The year in 1519. Spanish explorer Hernan Cortes is about to enter the city for the first time, setting off an explosion of cultural exchange that will bring exciting new foods to Europe, Asia and Africa -- and introduce others to the Americas. Never before had so many new foods been spread so far, so quickly; the world has literally never been the same. |