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GCSE History · key term
An engineered structure or channel that carries water from its source to a settlement.
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Paper 1
An engineered channel or system that carries water from its source to where it is needed.
Revise: Polycrates' Rise to Power and Public WorksAn aqueduct carried water from an abundant spring to the city. Its designer was Eupalinos, son of Naustrophos, from Megara. The remarkable feature was a tunnel through a mountain, allowing the water supply to pass through the obstacle rather than simply following a surface route around it.
Paper 3
Revise: TenochtitlanAqueducts brought fresh water from springs near Chapultepec. Dikes helped control flooding and separate fresh water from saltier lake water. Reclaimed land allowed the city to grow, while nearby chinampas—cultivated plots built up in shallow water—helped supply food.
A structure or channel that carries water from its source to a settlement.
Distinguish sponsorship from design: Herodotus names Eupalinos as the aqueduct’s designer and Rhoicos as the temple’s first designer.
Support descriptions of splendour with precise features, such as the twin shrines of the Templo Mayor, stone palaces, canals and aqueducts.
Use precise supporting details, such as the thirteen brigantines, destruction of the aqueducts and Cuauhtémoc’s capture on 13 August 1521.
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