Read the description written by a Spanish conquistador. “The road over the mountains is a thing worth seeing, because, though the ground is so rugged, such beautiful roads could not in truth be found throughout Christendom. The greater part of them is paved. There is a bridge of stone or wood over every stream. . . . The country is populous. There are mines in many parts of it. . . . They have stores of fuel and maize and of all other necessaries. They count by certain knots on cords, and so record what each chief has brought.”

—Hernando Pizarro, 1533

What accomplishment particularly impressed the author of this passage?

A. the wonders of Tenochtitlán
B. the engineering skills of the Inca
C. the accomplishments of the Maya
D. the vast wealth of the Aztec