Montezuma I become the 5th Emperor of the Aztecs in 1440. The capital city of the Aztec Empire was Tenochtitlan. It was an island city ( today Mexico City ). A great flood hit Tenochtitlan in 1450. To prevent future flooding Montezuma I built a 10- mile dam around Tenochtitlan.
Answer: Montezuma I prevented Tenochtitlan from being flooded by constructing a A ) Dam around the city.
Because many believed there could be gold and many other riches that were undiscovered and also wished in claiming new land for wars in case another broke out
The cultural change that resulted from an eight hour workday was that leisure times was "invented" people suddenly had more time as they were able to work for only 8 hours, they could spend other time doing other things.
