FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
PRE COLUMBIAN AMERICA
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Question
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Because it was fun
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postpone the end of the world and appease Gods
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So overpopulation wouldn’t occur
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To find traitors
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Detailed explanation-1: -The rationale for Aztec human sacrifice was, first and foremost, a matter of survival. According to Aztec cosmology, the sun god Huitzilopochtli was waging a constant war against darkness, and if the darkness won, the world would end.
Detailed explanation-2: -Some years after the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, a body of the Franciscans confronted the remaining Aztec priesthood and demanded, under threat of death, that they desist from this traditional practice.
Detailed explanation-3: -Many of the region’s cultures, including the Maya and the Mexica, believed that human sacrifice nourished the gods. Without it, the sun would cease to rise and the world would end. And sacrificial victims earned a special, honored place in the afterlife.
Detailed explanation-4: -Human sacrifice played a major role in religion because the Aztecs believed that the gods needed blood to survive and be strong enough to fight off evil. So they sacrificed masses of people at a time to feed their gods.