In the great market of Tlatelolco, around the year fifteen hundred, a cacao bean can buy a tamale, a cotton cloak can settle a larger debt, and thousands of people gather beside the canals of an ancient city. You don't need to follow every stall or remember what anything costs. If you fall asleep somewhere among the baskets of maize, the market will carry on without you. · · · Tonight: We arrive by canoe at the great market of Tlatelolco, in the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan. We wander slowly among sellers of colorful maize, beans, chilies, freshly made tortillas, pottery, cotton cloth, and obsidian blades. Along the way, we encounter the market's judges, its long-distance merchants, and the craftsmen who work with feathers, gold, and precious green stones. As the afternoon passes, a brief rain falls over the square, the last canoes leave the canals, and the busy market gradually settles into the quiet of evening. · · · If these evenings have become part of how you end your day, follow The Sleepkeeper so the next story can find you. A rating or a few words, whenever you happen to remember, can help another tired listener discover a quiet place in history. Narration on this channel is AI-assisted. The research, writing, and shaping of each evening are done by hand. Sleep well, friend. · · · #SleepStory #AztecHistory #HistoryForSleep #BedtimeStoryForAdults #FallAsleepToHistory #AncientMexico #TheSleepkeeper

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