أسوأ 10 حضارات في تاريخ البشرية

Bibliography: "The Worst 10 Civilizations in Human History" 1. Aztec Empire (Human Sacrifice & Cannibalism) Díaz del Castillo, Bernal: The Conquest of New Spain. Eyewitness accounts of rituals. Sahagún, Bernardino de: Florentine Codex. Detailed descriptions of sacrifices and tzompantli skull racks. Hassig, Ross (2001): Time, History, and Belief in Aztec and Colonial Mexico. Scale and political use of sacrifice. 2. Sparta (Eugenics, Agoge & Krypteia) Xenophon: Constitution of the Lacedaemonians. Plutarch: Life of Lycurgus. Cartledge, Paul (2002): Sparta and Lakonia. Helot system and krypteia terror. 3. Hammurabi’s Babylon / Mesopotamia King, L.W. (trans.): The Code of Hammurabi. Primary legal text. Van de Mieroop, Marc (2016): A History of the Ancient Near East. Context of punishments. Roth, Martha T.: Law Collections from Mesopotamia. Comparative analysis. 4. Ancient Egypt (Mummification, Incest & Human Sacrifice) Ikram, Salima (2003): Death and Burial in Ancient Egypt. Brier, Bob: Egyptian Mummies. Experimental mummification. Robins, Gay: Women in Ancient Egypt. Royal incest practices. 5. Inca Empire (Capacocha Child Sacrifices) Reinhard, Johan: Inca Rituals and Sacred Mountains. Archaeological finds on Llullaillaco. Cieza de León, Pedro: The Chronicle of Peru. Spanish chronicler accounts. National Geographic & bioarchaeological studies on frozen mummies. General & Comparative Sources Diamond, Jared (2005): Collapse. Societal failures and ritual excess. Harari, Yuval Noah (2015): Sapiens. Cultural evolution of violence and belief. Cambridge World History series: Ancient civilizations and power structures. Trigger, Bruce G. (2003): Understanding Early Civilizations. Comparative anthropology.