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GCSE History · key term
An offering to a deity. Animal sacrifice involved the ritual killing of an animal.
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Paper 1
Revise: Athenian Festivals and the Significance of the GodsDay 6: the central religious celebrations, including the procession, presentation of the peplos and sacrifice, associated with an all-night celebration.
Paper 3
An offering given to a god. In Aztec religion, sacrifices included precious goods, food, animals, blood and human lives.
Explain sacrifice through Aztec beliefs about sustaining the gods, as well as its role in displaying imperial power.
Distinguish human sacrifice from other offerings and bloodletting. Avoid treating uncertain Spanish accounts of victim numbers as exact totals.
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The Aztecs believed that the gods had made sacrifices to create the world and humanity. Humans owed them repayment. Offerings of blood and other gifts were understood to nourish the gods and maintain the balance of the world.