Ritual bloodletting was crucial to Maya rituals because
A. the flow of blood terrified their enemies.
B. blood was considered taboo.
C. it pleased their god Indra.
D. it was associated with rain and agriculture.
E. they had copied the technique from the earlier Aztecs.
Answer: D
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