Ben Smith
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Updated August 29
Lives in Australia
Which empire/colonial powers committed the most atrocities in history,
and why?
Originally Answered: Which empire/colonial powers committed the most
atrocities in the history, and why?
Easily the Aztec Empire. The actions of these people horrified even the
Spanish that would later conquer them. Part of the reason ancient Mexico
was conquered so easily was because the local tribes the Aztecs had
conquered turned on their masters because they would rather be under the control of the Spanish.

The Aztecs sacrificed huge numbers of men, women and children by cutting
their heart out while they were still alive. In spring, children would
be sacrificed to Tlaloc to ask for rain to help crops grow. It was
believed that if the children cried on the way to be sacrificed, that
would ensure plentiful rain that year - and so they'd be jabbed with
thorns to ensure a good omen. After all the sacrifices were killed (they
once killed 80 thousand people in a single ceremony) the bodies were
then mutilated and eaten by the priests and nobles.


One particular Aztec festival, Tlacaxipehualiztli, called for the noble
clans to make a human sacrifice (as expected in Aztec culture) and then carefully peel the skin off their victim to wear as a cloak. Another
festival involved a woman being dressed up as an Aztec goddess, then
having 4 males burned alive in front of her. She would then be
sacrificed herself in the usual way (heart cut out, then her body eaten).


The Aztecs would conquer their neighbouring tribes and then celebrate by sacrificing the entirety of their enemy’s warriors and eating their
brains (they believed this would give them the warrior’s skills). They
would then demand regular victims from their vassals to be later
sacrificed. Estimates say that the Aztecs would sacrifice 80 thousand
people every single year.


The Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan possessed a massive skull rack outside
the front of their grand temple. The Spanish counted over 132 thousand
human skulls on that rack.

After the Aztecs migrated south from Durango and first came into contact
with the rest of Mesoamerica, they were initially provided sanctuary by
the king of Culhuacán, and arranged a marriage between their leader and
the daughter of the king. The Aztec leader sacrificed her and wore her
skin as a cloak, then met the king still wearing the skin of his
murdered daughter.

The Aztecs were a race of murderous cannibals. They ruled Mesoamerica
through terror and bloodshed. They would smile at you then murder your
entire family behind your back. For the atrocities the Aztecs had
committed, they deserved to be conquered by the Spanish.

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