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AZTEC HUMAN SACRIFICE

Death toll: 1.2 million

Rank: 45

Type: human sacrifice

Broad dividing line: priests vs. prisoners

Time frame: ca. 1440 –1521

Location: Mexico

Who usually gets the most blame: Aztecs

The unanswerable question everyone asks: Didn’t they notice that the sun came up every morning even if they didn’t sacrifice to it?