Question 4

Image of human sacrifice from the Aztec Codex Magliabechiano. A priest is standing at the top of the stairway of a religious temple. He is shown using a large knife to cut out the victim’s heart. At the bottom of the stairs are other religious figures helping the priest to perform the ritual and dragging away the body of a second victim who has already had his or her heart cut out.
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What interpretation of this image supports Moctezuma's understanding of human sacrifice?

He believed the god Huitzilopochtli punished the Aztecs for per

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Question 4 

Image of human sacrifice from the Aztec Codex Magliabechiano. A priest is standing at the top of the stairway of a religious temple. He is shown using a large knife to cut out the victim’s heart. At the bottom of the stairs are other religious figures helping the priest to perform the ritual and dragging away the body of a second victim who has already had his or her heart cut out.
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What interpretation of this image supports Moctezuma's understanding of human sacrifice? 

 He believed the god Huitzilopochtli punished the Aztecs for per

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He believed the god Huitzilopochtli punished the Aztecs for performing human sacrifices..