🌍ap world history: modern review

Human sacrifice

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

The Mexica (Aztec) religious practice of ritual human sacrifice, used to legitimize their rule and religious authority.

AP course connection

Topic 3.2: 3.2 Governments of Land-Based Empires

Unit 3