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  1. Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
    1: [[Image:MayaDeren.png|200px|thumb|right|Maya Deren]]
    2: ..., '''Maya Deren''' was an [[American]] [[avant-garde]] [[filmmaker]] and [[film]] theorist of the [[19...
    4: Deren was born in [[Kiev]], [[Ukraine]]. In [[1922]...
    6: ...m. It was in 1943 that she adopted the name Maya Deren.
    8: ...eography for Camera" (1945). In 1946 she was awarded a [[Guggenheim]] Foundation Fellowship for "Crea...
  2. Maya people (3790 bytes)
    4: ...e modern culture of the nations in which they reside, others continue a more traditional culturally di...
    10: ...Mestizo]]", showing a degree of assimilation and identification with the Mexican mainstream culture.
    14: ...e of [[Chan Santa Cruz]], recognized as an independent nation by the [[British Empire]].
    16: ...ire of the Mexican government to lessen the Maya identity of that region and to make it more generical...
    21: Maya groups in Chiapas include the [[Tzotzil]] and [[Tzeltal]], in the highlands...
  3. Maya civilization (25116 bytes)
    1: ...g|right|thumbnail|300px|Mayan Temple Clipart provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
    5: ...1000 BCE. There is some disagreement about the borders and difference between the early Maya and their...
    9: Eventually, the Olmec culture faded after spreading its influence into the [[Yucatan...
    11: ...which depict rulers along with hieroglyphic texts describing their [[genealogy]], [[war]] victories, a...
    13: ...ssibly further lands. Important trade goods included [[cacao]], [[salt]], and [[obsidian]]; see also:...
  4. Maya numerals (1506 bytes)
    5: The numerals are made up of three symbols; zero (shell shape), one (a d...
    11: ...lyphs. The face glyph for a number represents the deity associated with the number. These face number ...
  5. Maya (24836 bytes)
    1: ...g|right|thumbnail|300px|Mayan Temple Clipart provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
    5: ...1000 BCE. There is some disagreement about the borders and difference between the early Maya and their...
    9: Eventually, the Olmec culture faded after spreading its influence into the [[Yucatan...
    11: ...which depict rulers along with hieroglyphic texts describing their [[genealogy]], [[war]] victories, a...
    13: ...ssibly further lands. Important trade goods included [[cacao]], [[salt]], and [[obsidian]]; see also:...
  6. Yucatec Maya language (1994 bytes)
    3: ...nguage itself can be traced back some 5000 years, derived from the [[Classic Maya language]] dialect Y...
  7. Maya hieroglyphics (3466 bytes)
    1: ...[[codex|codices]], carved in wood or stone, or molded in [[stucco]].
    5: ...agan rites, Bishop [[Diego de Landa]] ordered the destruction of all written Maya works, including a l...
    7: ...y four [[Maya codices]] are known to survive to modern times. Most surviving texts in Maya hieroglyph...
    11: ...ya rulers. Since the early [[1980s]] it has been demonstrated that most of the previously unknown sym...
    13: ... writing system from the [[Olmec]]s (Schele & Freidel, 1990; Soustelle, 1984).
  8. Maya codices (899 bytes)
    1: ...ucatan]] were ordered destroyed by [[Bishop Diego de Landa]] in July of [[1562]].
    5: ... codices and a fragment of a fourth survived to modern times. These are:
    7: ...Madrid Codex, also known as the Tro-Cortesianus Codex
    8: * The Dresden Codex
    9: * The Paris Codex, also known as the Peresianus Codex

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  1. Mexico (27255 bytes)
    2: ...is a [[country]] located in [[North America]], bordered by the [[United States]] to the north, and [[B...
    17: national_anthem = ''[[Mexicanos, al grito de guerra]]'' |
    21: government_type = [[Federal Republic]] |
    22: leader_titles = [[President of Mexico|President]] |
    23: leader_names = [[Vicente Fox ]] |
  2. List of explorers (24013 bytes)
    6: *[[Diogo de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explo...
    7: *[[Pêro de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explo...
    8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval ...
    9: *[[Afonso de Albuquerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] na...
    10: *[[Antonio de Abreu]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer...
  3. Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
    1: [[Image:MayaDeren.png|200px|thumb|right|Maya Deren]]
    2: ..., '''Maya Deren''' was an [[American]] [[avant-garde]] [[filmmaker]] and [[film]] theorist of the [[19...
    4: Deren was born in [[Kiev]], [[Ukraine]]. In [[1922]...
    6: ...m. It was in 1943 that she adopted the name Maya Deren.
    8: ...eography for Camera" (1945). In 1946 she was awarded a [[Guggenheim]] Foundation Fellowship for "Crea...
  4. Egyptian chronology (11665 bytes)
    1: ...y]] is a type of [[chronology]] worked on for decades by scholars of [[Egyptology]].
    5: ...ist with no satisfactory solution. Scholars consider the creation of an Egyptian chronology a difficu...
    7: ...ages/03-Sci-Rev/SCI-REV-Teaching/HIS-SCI-STUDY-GUIDE/0006_egyptianChronolgoy.html]
    9: ...plete, also (with relics and artifacts missing or destroyed). Egyptian chronology is in a constant sta...
    13: ...phres Era'' may radically modify the prevailing modern Egyptian chronology, so the previous "firm" dat...
  5. United States (58223 bytes)
    2: ... level of local autonomy under the [[federation|federal]] system.
    12: ...deral level]];<br> [[English language|English]] [[de facto]] |
    14: government_type = [[Democratic]] [[Federal republic]] |
    15: ...r>[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] |
    16: leader_names = [[Joe Biden]]<br>[[Kamala Harris]] |
  6. Belize (11927 bytes)
    1: ...the [[Gulf of Honduras]] to the east. The name is derived from [[Belize City]], the former capital and...
    3: ... Honduras''', until [[1973]]. It became an independent nation in [[1981]].
    5: ...mber of [[CARICOM]] and its citizens tend to consider themselves a Caribbean, and not Central American...
    6: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
    10: {| border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
  7. Guatemala (8475 bytes)
    1: ...e south of the continent of [[North America]], bordering both the [[Pacific Ocean]] and the [[Caribbea...
    2: It is bordered by [[Mexico]] to the north, [[Belize]] to the ...
    3: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
    7: {| border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
    11: ...="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Guatemala|In Detail]])
  8. Human (48024 bytes)
    8: {{Taxobox_superfamilia_entry | taxon = [[Hominoidea]]}}
    21: ...rimate]] belonging to the superfamily of [[Hominoidea]], with all of the [[apes]]: [[chimpanzee]]s, [[...
    24: ...he upper limbs for manipulating objects, a highly developed [[brain]] and consequent capacity for abst...
    27: ...ly [[philosophy of mind]], attempts to fathom the depths of each of these perspectives. [[Art]], [[mus...
    30: ...and [[manipulate]] the world around us led to the development of [[technology]] and [[science]] as a s...
  9. Civilization (29205 bytes)
    5: ...r working small [[horticulture|horticultural]] gardens. When used in this sense, civilization is an ex...
    7: ...lex and city-dwelling, or simple and tribal. This definition is often perceived as less exclusive and ...
    9: ...y back in Civilization after being lost in the wilderness for 3 weeks." Additionally, it is used in th...
    11: ...zed" behavior is contrasted with "barbaric" or crude behavior. In this sense, civilization implies sop...
    17: ... to produce a surplus of food that will not be needed for their own subsistence.
  10. Timeline of United States pre-history (before 1600) (1679 bytes)
    8: *[[1494]]-[[Treaty of Tordesillas]] divides the New World between [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]]
    13: *[[1513]]-[[Vasco N?de Balboa]] crosses isthmus of [[Panama]], sees [[Pa...
    14: *[[1513]]-[[Juan Ponce de Le󮝝 claims [[Florida]] for Spain
    15: *[[1519]]-[[HernᮠCort鳝] defeats [[Tlaxcala]], a small state neighboring the ...
    17: *[[1521]]-Cortes destroys the Aztec empire
  11. Vietnam War (102682 bytes)
    1: {| border="1" width="325" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" ...
    10: ...outh Vietnam<br>&bull; Reunification of Vietnam under communist rule<br>
    15: ...n="top" style="text-align:center"|[[North Vietnam|Democratic Republic of Vietnam<br>(North Vietnam)]]<...
    24: ...IA]]:''' ?<br>'''Total dead:''' 287,232<br>'''Wounded:''' 1,496,037
    25: ...fficial Vietnamese estimate: 1,100,000 <br>'''Wounded:''' 600,000
  12. Venus (planet) (31010 bytes)
    1: ...]], is named after the [[Roman mythology|Roman goddess]] [[Venus (mythology)|Venus]]. A [[terrestrial...
    5: ...r: a circle with a small cross underneath ([[Unicode]]: &#x2640;).
    7: ...m [[Cythera]]. Other less common adjectives include ''Venerean'' and ''Veneran''.
    14: ...ficantly between the night and day sides of Venus despite its extremely slow rotation (less than one r...
    16: ...quite similar to Earth. A common conceptual misunderstanding regarding Venus is the mistaken belief t...
  13. Shark (14021 bytes)
    11: ...olor = pink | plural_taxon = [[Orders (biology)|Orders]]}}
    17: ...nd the [[eye]] and called a [[spiracle]]), dermal denticles covering the [[body]] to protect from [[pa...
    20: ...r teeth are not attached to the [[jaw]], but embedded in their flesh. The lower teeth are primarily us...
    22: ...everything from the hand-sized [[pygmy shark]], a deep sea species, to the [[whale shark]], the larges...
    24: ...lls as they rest. Because sharks have no swim bladders, they sink when they stop swimming; a resting s...
  14. History of the world (21975 bytes)
    5: ...repertoire that included systematic burial of the dead and adornment of the living. During this perio...
    7: Modern humans spread rapidly over the globe from [[Afr...
    12: ...s of grains in the Ohalo II paleolithic site in modern Israel seem to suggest that cereals had been in...
    14: ...velopments such as [[writing]] and extensive [[trade]] were introduced.
    16: ...nnium BC|2500 BCE]], but the first dynasty to be identified by archaeology is that of the [[Shang Dyna...
  15. History of astronomy (13532 bytes)
    2: [[Astronomy]] is probably the oldest of the [[natural science]]s, dating back to [[a...
    8: ...ers were [[priest]]s ([[Magi]]), and that their understanding of the "[[heaven]]s" was seen as "[[divi...
    10: ...alendar is based on the Roman calendar, which divided the year into twelve months of alternating thirt...
    14: ...ennium BC, but their contents appear to be much older.
    20: ... that took the earth to spin on its axis and considered the motions of the planets with respect to the...
  16. Maya people (3790 bytes)
    4: ...e modern culture of the nations in which they reside, others continue a more traditional culturally di...
    10: ...Mestizo]]", showing a degree of assimilation and identification with the Mexican mainstream culture.
    14: ...e of [[Chan Santa Cruz]], recognized as an independent nation by the [[British Empire]].
    16: ...ire of the Mexican government to lessen the Maya identity of that region and to make it more generical...
    21: Maya groups in Chiapas include the [[Tzotzil]] and [[Tzeltal]], in the highlands...
  17. Maya civilization (25116 bytes)
    1: ...g|right|thumbnail|300px|Mayan Temple Clipart provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
    5: ...1000 BCE. There is some disagreement about the borders and difference between the early Maya and their...
    9: Eventually, the Olmec culture faded after spreading its influence into the [[Yucatan...
    11: ...which depict rulers along with hieroglyphic texts describing their [[genealogy]], [[war]] victories, a...
    13: ...ssibly further lands. Important trade goods included [[cacao]], [[salt]], and [[obsidian]]; see also:...
  18. Maya numerals (1506 bytes)
    5: The numerals are made up of three symbols; zero (shell shape), one (a d...
    11: ...lyphs. The face glyph for a number represents the deity associated with the number. These face number ...
  19. Pre-Columbian (867 bytes)
    1: ...decades or even centuries after Columbus first landed in [[1492]] CE.
    3: ...tec]] and [[Maya civilization|Maya]]) and the [[Andes]] ([[Tahuantinsuyu|Inca]], [[Moche]], etc).
  20. Mayan (487 bytes)
    5: * [[Maya civilization]] - dealing with [[Pre-Columbian]] Maya culture, history...
    6: * [[Maya people]] - dealing with the modern Maya people
    7: * [[Maya language]] - dealing with the language family traditionally spoke...

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