The human body plays an important role throughout history and is a vital component to the development of culture, religion, and society as a whole, particularly during the early modern era. Various cultures have viewed the human body in a number of perspectives, such as a template for the construction of cities, or even as a divine means for explaining the world around them, as seen with the Teotl. However, it has also seen much darker uses, as with sacrifice and, particularly during the 16th-19th…
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