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    The maya died because the leader decided that the maya had a challenge to build the longest pyramid and this was a bad idea what they have done. Maya polities...
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    The Maya civilization (/ˈmaɪə/) was a Mesoamerican civilization that existed from antiquity to the early modern period. It is known by its ancient temples...
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  • Maya society concerns the social organization of the Pre-Hispanic Maya, its political structures, and social classes. The Maya people were indigenous to...
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    and gold artifacts. Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire Maya warfare Muisca warfare Inca warfare Indian auxiliaries Carrasco, Pedro (1961). "The Civil-Religious...
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  • Star war (category Maya civilization)
    extension to the type of conflict that it indicates. Maya inscriptions assign episodes of Maya warfare to four distinct categories, each represented by its...
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  • Maya monarchs, also known as Maya kings and queens, were the centers of power for the Maya civilization. Each Maya city-state was controlled by a dynasty...
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  • Celtic warfare Dacian warfare Endemic warfare Gaelic warfare Gothic and Vandal warfare Illyrian warfare Maya warfare Roman warfare Thracian warfare Medieval...
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    territory of the Late Postclassic Maya states and polities into the colonial Viceroyalty of New Spain. The Maya occupied the Maya Region, an area that is now...
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  • The Preclassic period in Maya history stretches from the beginning of permanent village life c. 1000 BC until the advent of the Classic Period c. 250 AD...
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  • archaeology, the classic Maya collapse is the decline of the Classic Maya civilization and the abandonment of Maya cities in the southern Maya lowlands of Mesoamerica...
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  • Maya astronomy is the study of the Moon, planets, Milky Way, Sun, and astronomical phenomena by the Precolumbian Maya Civilization of Mesoamerica. The...
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    Toniná (category Maya sites)
    orthography) is a pre-Columbian archaeological site and ruined city of the Maya civilization located in what is now the Mexican state of Chiapas, some 13 km...
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    Macuahuitl (category Aztec warfare)
    as in the Madrid specimen. Mesoamerica portal Aztec warfare Cricket bat Leiomano Macana Maya warfare Obsidian use in Mesoamerica Asselbergs (2014), p. 78...
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    The Maya (/ˈmaɪə/) are an ethnolinguistic group of indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica. The ancient Maya civilization was formed by members of this group...
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    The traditional Maya or Mayan religion of the extant Maya peoples of Guatemala, Belize, western Honduras, and the Tabasco, Chiapas, Quintana Roo, Campeche...
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  • The history of Maya civilization is divided into three principal periods: the Preclassic, Classic and Postclassic periods; these were preceded by the Archaic...
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    Maya cities were the centres of population of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization of Mesoamerica. They served the specialised roles of administration,...
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    Maya script, also known as Maya glyphs, is historically the native writing system of the Maya civilization of Mesoamerica and is the only Mesoamerican...
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  • Ancient Maya women had an important role in society: beyond propagating the culture through bearing and raising children, Maya women participated in economic...
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    in Maya culture was the ritual offering of nourishment to the gods and goddesses. Blood was viewed as a potent source of nourishment for the Maya deities...
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    Caracol (category Maya sites)
    Caracol is a large ancient Maya archaeological site, located in what is now the Cayo District of Belize. It is situated approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi)...
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  • Company. The price on the cover: 40¢. List of American films of 1963 Maya warfare Whitewashing in film The Feathered Serpent (TV series) Tino Balio, United...
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    Mayan or Maya mythology is part in of Mesoamerican mythology and comprises all of the Maya tales in which personified forces of nature, deities, and the...
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    Trade was a crucial factor in maintaining Maya cities. Activity consisted mainly of foods like fish, squash, yams, corn, honey, beans, turkey, vegetables...
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    Mesoamerica such as the Olmec, Maya, Mixtec, Zapotec and Aztec cultures practiced some kind of taking of human trophies during warfare. Captives taken during...
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    The Maya class of guided-missile destroyers (まや型護衛艦, Maya-gata Goeikan) in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force is a modified version of the Atago class...
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    Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam MBE (Tamil: மாயா; born 18 July 1975), known by her stage name M.I.A. (an initialism for both "Missing in Action" and "Missing...
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    Tikal–Calakmul wars (category 6th century in the Maya civilization)
    their respective allies resulted in the increasing sophistication of Maya warfare, including the construction of large, well-fortified citadels to protect...
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  • Maya textiles (k’apak) are the clothing and other textile arts of the Maya peoples, indigenous peoples of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras...
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  • even warfare would have been unthinkable without musical support. Therefore, the musical director in Yucatán, the holpop, was held in high esteem. Maya dictionaries...
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