| Sacrificial Altar | |
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| File:Sacrificial Altar.png | |
| The insatiable appetites of the gods demand a steady flow of human blood -- earning gratitude and honor for the sacrificed. | |
Basic Information
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Culture:
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Aztecs |
Era:
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Medieval Era |
Technology:
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Instantly unlocked |
Type:
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Stability |
Resource explotation
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| Neighbours | |
Placement prerequisites
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| Next to existing infrastructure | |
The Sacrificial Altar is the emblematic quarter specific to the Aztecs.
- Description
- The insatiable appetites of the gods demand a steady flow of human blood -- earning gratitude and honor for the sacrificed.
Effects[编辑 | 编辑源代码]
- Doesn't exploit nearby tiles
- +5 Stability stability on celebrating city
- -5 Stability stability on city or outpost
Special Effects[编辑 | 编辑源代码]
- Unlocks Sacrifice Population action on this city. Such sacrifice will apply the celebrating status for several Turn turns.
History[编辑 | 编辑源代码]
In Mesoamerican belief systems, the world is in a cycle of creation of destruction. The Aztecs believed that the world had been destroyed in an apocalypse 4 times previously, and that bloodshed was necessary to prevent the next apocalypse. Sacrifices fulfilled both a spiritual role in which the Aztecs helped maintain the world by sacrificing captives, and a political role in which the Aztecs asserted their military dominance and hoped to prevent natural disasters like droughts.
Sacrificial captives were often acquired through warfare, and the Aztecs waged the "Flower Wars" against their neighbors to maintain a steady supply of captives and slaves. However, some people sacrificed were free citizens, and most of those sacrificed went willingly due to the benefits promised in the afterlife for those sacrificed to the gods.
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