how to efficiently create a 2 dimensional array in python code example

Example: two dimensional array python

# Creates a list containing 5 lists, each of 8 items, all set to 0
w, h = 8, 5;
Matrix = [[0 for y in range(h)] for x in range(w)] 

Matrix[0][0] = 1
Matrix[0][6] = 3 # error! range... 
Matrix[6][0] = 3 # valid