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Mesoamerica is well-known for its atypical preference towards ritual human sacrifice. Heart extraction appears to be a cultural universal in the region, and some cultures (notably the Aztecs) regularly sacrificed thousands of people annually.
Why was ritual sacrifice so important in Mesoamerica?
Could a major Western religion after the emergence of Rome as a major power ever do something similar?