Both. They captured the most valiant of their enemy and in a ceremony on top of one of their many pyramids, the priest cut out the soldiers heart and held it up for all to see -- still beating.
since the Aztec were not nice to their native tribes cortez and his 200 men and also the Inca and Mayan ganged up and destroyed them 1 and 2 is that the Aztec want to capture to conquistadors not kill them while the conquistadors mission was to destroy them.
To kill as many enemy soldiers as possible
The majority of prisoners of war (POWs) were Allied airmen, whose planes crashed in Occupied France, Belgium or Holland. Anyone who supported the German forces would report these airmen to their local authoritary, and troops or police officers would be sent to round them up.
During his bad period, Ivan the Terrible had his secret police force hunt down his enemies and kill them.
Certainly - but not as many as disease.
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they killed
The Aztec were very territorial so they defended their land with agility. They didnt want their magnificent empire to crumble because of enemies taking land. To be quite blunt the Aztecs hated everyone except their civilization.
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No, even his enemies respected him. he was very merciful and did not kill his prisoners when he took over jerusalem
Some prisoners kill themselves because they can't live in prisons.
since the Aztec were not nice to their native tribes cortez and his 200 men and also the Inca and Mayan ganged up and destroyed them 1 and 2 is that the Aztec want to capture to conquistadors not kill them while the conquistadors mission was to destroy them.
he killed the Aztec but mainly by introducing disease to the Aztec society
The Aztecs used humans as sacrifices. They particularly used prisoners from war as sacrifices so part of their tactic was to not kill the enemy so they can sacrifice him later.
The Aztecs captured them and made them prisoners. The prisoners were then used as a sacrifices in the Aztecs many religious festivals. Some Aztec wars (Flower Wars) were waged for the specific purpose of getting prisoners for future sacrifice.
The guards at the camps were SS men. They also enforced camp discipline - with the whip, the club and the hangman's noose.
they killed them with guns