Flower Wars
What Flower Wars means in History B Schools History Project GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Flower Wars
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Reference: OCR
Ritual battles fought specifically to take live prisoners for sacrifice to gods like Huitzilopochtli.
Topics that use Flower Wars
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Using Flower Wars in the exam
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