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Aztecs: People of the Sun

The Aztecs were an indigenous people located in central and southern Mexico. They adhered to a strict religion based on destiny, war, manifest destiny, and duality. From the time that they were born, society began molding them into the fierce soldiers that the Aztecs became known to be. This is evident through out all aspects of their culture. It is through these policies and structures that one can see the aggressiveness that these warriors lived every day. In order to prove how deeply ingrained this gruesome warrior mentality was to the Aztec people, it is important to use their art, religion, and social structures as examples.
The Aztecs believed that they had a destiny, given to them by their gods. In it, they were to preserve the rain and agricultural fertility, to battle and extend their territories, and to sacrifice Aztec enemies to the gods in order to preserve life and the sun. It is evident here, that they are to accomplish manifest......

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