Bearer ( Tula Style ) Tlaxcala Mexico 1000-1500 volcanic stone Weltmuseum Wien Aztec ( The Aztecs, Mesoamerican culture, Central Mexico 1300 to 1521 (14th-16th Century), Aztec Empire, Tenochtitlan, city-state of the Mexica , Tenochca, Texcoco, Tlacopan, ) ( The Aztecs, Mesoamerican culture, Central Mexico 1300 to 1521

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Human sacrifice played a central role in the ideology of the Aztec Empire.

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