Did Crete really commit acts of cannibalism and infanticide or

It was a different time.

But Carthage definitely did though. Like full-on bleeding babies and incense and ululations-tier.

>>2207097
This is fine, it's not like it was hundreds or thousands a year. Child sacrifices are quite common around the world and there are benefits to this practice.

>>2207075
They probably did as a religious practice
>>2207176
>This is fine
wat

>>2207176
>there are benefits to this practice.
Like what?

>>2209152
Less babies

>>2209164
It wasn't something simple like exposure but elaborate sacrifices. Sometimes horrifically painful.

>>2207075
Athenae wasn't really that relevant compared to other much bigger Mycenean settlements back then, even though the myth features Teseus who was Athenian and the Athenian children being sacrificed to the Minotaurus.

>>2207097
>But Carthage definitely did though. Like full-on bleeding babies and incense and ululations-tier.
Source? Always thought it was Roman propaganda.

>>2209169
>something simple like exposure
How is letting a baby die by freezing, starvation or wildlife mauling more humane then throwing it in a fire or bashing its head in?

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>>2209152
Population control.

You usually see human sacrifice practice in early to mid stage agricultural development, as the population boom caused by the development of agriculture is such that it burdens the system in such a way that it cannot catch up. They stop letting their soil rest in a desperate effort to feed their people, thus the land becomes salted, and mass starvation ensues. Institutional homicide and infanticide are, sadly, typical reactions to the problem.

Even with modern farming methods, soil salinization is still a problem and the population is growing faster than ever, many times over. So don't be so quick to damn your ancient ancestors as violent primitives, or you may fail to learn from their mistakes.

>>2207097
go to bed, Cornelius

>>2209434
Are you touched?

>>2209491
pseud shit