Historians should emphasize on Aztec human sacrifice because it provides a wider view of Aztec society and culture than agriculture. Human sacrifice was a major part of Aztec religion; it provided the basis of their religion.Historians should emphasize human sacrifice because it was gruesome torture, a huge part of Aztec culture, and it claimed to help nutrition through cannibalism.
Human Sacrifice was gruesome torture.
"Two thousand three hundred men were killed and their blood bathed the entire temple and stairway. Each time the priest cut out a heart, they rolled the body down the stairs."
This clearly shows the horrid severity that the human sacrifices were in the Aztec culture. The deaths of every person that was ever sacrificed is one of he worst things anyone could ever imagine.
Human sacrifice claimed to help nutrition through cannibalism.
"They were using people as a domesticated animal source of protein." The website also talks about how the Aztecs did not have many available sources of protein besides beans and maize. "
Human sacrifice was a huge part of Aztec culture.
Counter argument: There is agriculture everywhere and it's not unique like human sacrifice.
"Agriculture has always played a central roll in American and world history."
Conclusion
" These would have to have been eaten together, or individually in massive quantities in order to meet the body's need for eight essential amino acids." This shows how human sacrifice not only played a role in religion but also nutrition and could be recognized as a necessity to good health.
As mentioned on aztec-history.com, "...in spite of all the great accomplishments of the empire, it's the Aztec sacrifice that the people are remembered for." This quote shows how human sacrifice was a part of who the Aztecs were, making it a huge part of their culture.
This quote is basically saying that agriculture is widespread and popular, whereas human sacrifice is more different. Therefore, the Aztecs should be remembered for something unique; human sacrifice.
To conclude, hstorians should emphasize human sacrifice because it was a horrific death, it was part of who the Aztecs were, and it served as nutrition. These reasons are more important that agriculture and should be noticed more.
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