大英博物馆的这次展览倾向于弱化墨西卡时期的暴虐统治：经常发动战争掠夺贡品和战俘，战俘被用来祭祀嗜血的神灵，他们帮助科尔特斯得到了盟友。

The British Museum tends to play down the more oppressive aspects of Mexica rule: their constant wars in search of tribute and of captives for sacrifice to bloodthirsty gods helped cortes gain Allies.

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实际上，中国古代的青铜多用于制造祭祀的礼器和战争的武器，而很少用于制造农具。这些器具通过占有最高超的技术和珍贵的材料，体现出权力的力量。

As a matter of fact, bronze in ancient China was often used to make ritual tools for sacrifices and weapons for wars, and was rarely used for agriculture.

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