Answer:
The practice of human sacrifice
Step-by-step explanation:
"Aztec, self-name Culhua-Mexica, Nahuatl-speaking people who in the 15th and early 16th centuries ruled a large empire in what is now central and southern Mexico. ... The Aztecs referred to themselves as Culhua-Mexica, to link themselves with Colhuacán, the center of the most civilized people of the Valley of Mexico."
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