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Published: 21.01.2004.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'The Ritual of Human Sacrifices Performed by the Aztec People', 1.
  • Essays 'The Ritual of Human Sacrifices Performed by the Aztec People', 2.
Extract

Human sacrifice is a forgotten art or religious ritual. Nowadays many people do not even know that these rituals even existed and were the daily life and way of the Aztec people. Through my research I have discovered that human sacrifices were done not only by the Aztec but also by many cultures throughout the continent, but the Aztec people were most renowned because of their sacrifices and feared by many tribes.
To understand how and why human sacrifices were practiced there is a need to understand the fundamentals ideas of the Aztec people and their religion. …

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