Tenochtitlan, Mexico was the capital city for the Aztecs. The Aztec people believed in human sacrifices as many cultural groups did back in the early centuries of time. It was said that thousands of people were sacrificed over the course of a 4 day period for the Great pyramid. The sun, planet Venus and the moon were symbolic religious meanings to the Aztec people.
(Aztec Map)
Their were 3 parts the Aztec world was composed of the earth world where humans presided, the sky world, and the underworld which the Aztecs called Mictlan which had 9 layers. The layers where the different phases of the 3 worlds, which the sky contained 13 layers.
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