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Re:The Māori Genocide of the Moriori by soperj on Thursday September 28, 2023 @10:45PM (#37698723)
In South America a lot of tribes were just absorbed without warfare, they joined together because it made financial sense. The Inca were well known for it.
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Re:The Māori Genocide of the Moriori by arcticbull on Thursday September 28, 2023 @10:54PM (#37698795)
There sure was a lot of ritual human sacrifice for being a peaceful peoples. Specifically child sacrifice in the case of the Incas. [1] And the Aztecs, boy oh boy lol

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacocha

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Re:The Māori Genocide of the Moriori by gatlin on Friday September 29, 2023 @07:46AM (#37702368)
Mayans would go to war because they hadn't had one in a while according to my guide at Mayapan. At their peak Aztecs were sacrificing 80k+ people a year, usually war prisoners. This behavior is how the conquistadors were able to rally their enemies and topple them.
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