damn no edit button, but anyways, the war the Aztecs did were as much for religion as the frigging Crusades were. i.e: an excuse.Do you really think the Aztecs did not prize jade, jewels, gold, animal skins, cloth, agricultural goods, etc? Most of their wealth came for tribute...tribute they had won through wars. The sacrifices were but a convenient way for rulers to mantain that tribute, by fear. How is that any worse than razing down a village to the ground, raping the women, spitting babies on spears, because they refused to pay taxes to their rightfull liege?
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