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Re:Ancient civilisation under eastern Turkey estimated to be... by ellopoppit on Saturday May 21, 2022 @04:47PM (#31461627)
>i.e. stay alive long enough to make sure your children have children? In other words, is this something people truly feel when it comes down to it

The Aztecs sacrificed an estimated tens of thousands of people a year, because they believed it would postpone the next apocalypse in which everyone would die

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Re:Ancient civilisation under eastern Turkey estimated to be... by kqr on Sunday May 22, 2022 @04:37AM (#31466110)
But do we think this was a belief shared by everyone until their deaths, even the people who were sacrificed? Or was it a belief primarily instituted by people who thought they, themselves, would never be sacrificed?
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