Which describes a contribution of mesopotamian civilization the people invented the buddhist religion. the people used the practice of mummification to preserve the dead. the people invented the wheel to pull large loads more easily. the people created the idea of a self-governing city.

tenochtitlan (also spelled tenochtitlán), located on an island near the western shore of lake texcoco in central mexico, was the capital city and religious centre of the aztec civilization. the traditional founding date of the city was 1345 ce and it remained the most important aztec centre until its destruction at the hands of the conquering spanish led by hernán cortés in 1521 ce, which led to the final collapse of the aztec empire.