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r of the father of the gods, Huitzilopochtli. As the Aztecs grew into a warrior culture, the need for human sacrifices was applied as much to Huitzilopochtli as it was to the sun god, Nanauatzin (later known as Tonatiuh). The emphasis of the Aztec empire on military arts and human sacrifice soon gave the Aztecs a reputation as a race of people driven by an angry god. In this regard, it has been noted that during the development of the Aztec empire "warriors and terrible war gods dominated the stat

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