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Additionally, ball courts were a very popular construction of architecture used to play the ancient Mesoamerican ball game. Usually the ball court was constructed in a classic "I" shape that was the standard of the game. These courts were called tlachtli or tlachco, and the game itself went by the name of ullamaliztli. Not only were these courts and the game used for the thrill of sport but also held significant religious value as well. Typically, when Aztecs resided in a new settlement construction of a shrine to Huizilopochtli and a ball court directly next to it was among the first things built.<ref name=":0" />
Due to the fact that largest major cities such as [[Tenochtitlan]] were built upon small islands with marsh-like terrain, these settlements only had so much clean drinking water. This lead to the construction of Aztec aqueducts used to bring drinking water from freshwater sources and springs to the Aztec settlements.<ref name=":0" />
== Building techniques ==
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