Human Sacrifices To The Aztecs

The Aztecs was a nomadic tribe in Northern Mexico who lived in what is now Mexico City and the surrounding territory around the 14th century. They established a broad empire that lasted nearly 200 years and was based on tributes and military conquests. Their society was one of the most advanced of its time.
The Aztec religion had practices such as ritual human sacrifices that would be considered uncivilized and crazy by modern standards. The Aztecs believed that the gods that they believed in needed human blood to create mankind and allow them to keep on living. The Aztecs had many gods but the most important god to the Aztecs was Huitzilopochtli. Huitzilopochtli was known as the sun and war god to the Aztecs and was also the focus of most

There were sacrifices where the Aztecs would have sacrificed animals instead of humans and sacrifices where humans would purposely cut themselves to offer their blood to their gods usually to clear a blood-debt or for worshipping.
The Spanish invaded Tenochtitlan in 1521 and ended the Aztecs religion. During the time the Spanish stayed there, they saw what the Aztecs did to their own people. They thought the religion was something that should not exist since they would have sacrificed humans of all ages and sex. They also said that their practices is the most terrible and frightful thing they have ever witnessed. During their attack on the Aztecs, Cortes wrote letters to the king on the Aztecs practices.
The Aztecs took over surrounding areas to expand their empire. They did this by using brute force and other methods. The Aztecs used a wide variety of weapons made of wood such as spears and lances, these weapons put terror into their neighbours and the Spanish harnessed their hate to use against them in the near future. One of the most vital things in the Aztec empire was the Aztec Warriors also known as Jaguar Warriors. Boys in the empire would have received good education, no matter what they wanted to succeed in their future carrier. Once at the age of 17, the boy becomes a man meaning they are able to go to war. To be able to become an Aztec Warrior, men would have captures prisons for future human sacrifices.

There were many attempts and many of the attempts have failed due to the god fighting each other. The Aztec religion was highly focused on balancing nature, they believed that if they were to do something wrong, it could lead to a natural disaster. The Aztec have at least three colanders that would be able to tell the Aztecs when to sacrifice and when it is a new year. The two of the calendars names were: Xiuhpohualli which had 265 days and describes the days and rituals related to the seasons and the other calendar had 260 days. The Xiuhpohualli or Xihuitl consisted of 18 months of 20 days and five extra unlucky days. Every 52 years of the Xiuhpohualli, the Aztecs thought that the world would have ended and would have sacrificed many