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- Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
1: [[Image:MayaDeren.png|200px|thumb|right|Maya Deren]]
2: ...ra Derenkovskaya''' on [[April 29]], [[1917]], '''Maya Deren''' was an [[American]] [[avant-garde]] [[fi...
6: ...e film. It was in 1943 that she adopted the name Maya Deren.
14: ...ndover]]'' (1982). James Merrill paid for the completion of several of Deren's films.
16: ...umentary about Deren, titled ''[[In the Mirror of Maya Deren]].'' - Maya people (3790 bytes)
2: ...he '''Maya people''' are a [[native American]] people of southern [[Mexico]] and northern [[Central Am...
4: ...onal culturally distinct life, often speaking a [[Maya language]].
6: The largest populations of Maya people are in the Mexican states of [[Yucatᮝ], [[Camp...
10: ...ven those of mostly or all Maya descent who speak Maya at home often identify themselves as "[[Mestizo]]...
14: ...; results included the temporary existence of the Maya state of [[Chan Santa Cruz]], recognized as an in... - Maya civilization (25116 bytes)
1: ...ny of them still speak one of the [[Maya language|Maya family of languages]].
5: ...tion, the [[Olmec]] culture. The Olmec and early Maya seem to have influenced each other.
7: The earliest monuments consist of simple [[Tumulus|burial mounds]], the precursors to [[p...
11: ... [[genealogy]], [[war]] victories, and other accomplishments.
13: The Maya participated in long distance trade in Mesoameric... - Maya numerals (1506 bytes)
1: The [[Pre-Columbian]] [[Maya civilization]] used a [[vigesimal]] ([[numeral sy...
3: ...1.png|thumb|200px|left|Maya numbers as shown in [[Maya codices]]]]
7: For example, 19 is written as four dots in a horizontal row ...
11: Other than the bar and dot notation, Maya numerals can be illustrated by face type glyphs. ...
14: ...t least since the early Classic era). Subsequent place values return to base 20. - Maya (24836 bytes)
1: ...ny of them still speak one of the [[Maya language|Maya family of languages]].
5: ...tion, the [[Olmec]] culture. The Olmec and early Maya seem to have influenced each other.
7: The earliest monuments consist of simple [[Tumulus|burial mounds]], the precursors to [[p...
11: ... [[genealogy]], [[war]] victories, and other accomplishments.
13: The Maya participated in long distance trade in Mesoameric... - Yucatec Maya language (1994 bytes)
1: ... a tag linguists use to distinguish it from other Mayan languages (such as the [[Quich頬anguage]] and t...
3: ... back some 5000 years, derived from the [[Classic Maya language]] dialect Yucatecan.
5: ...cating the hard sounds were not common in written Maya until the [[20th century]], but are now preferred...
7: ...refixes, suffixes and affixes utilised in Yucatec Mayan.
9: Like all Mayan languages, Yucatec is [[VSO]] and an [[Ergative-... - Maya hieroglyphics (3466 bytes)
1: ...[[pre-Columbian]] [[Maya people]] to record the [[Maya language]]. It consisted of a highly elaborate s...
3: ...la10Maler.jpg|190px|right|thumb|An inscription in Maya heiroglyphics from the site of [[Naranjo]], relat...
5: ... atone for it by teaching Maya priests to write [[Maya language|their language]] in [[Latin alphabet|Rom...
7: ...survive to modern times. Most surviving texts in Maya hieroglyphics are from pottery or monuments in si...
9: ...in it was sparked by published accounts of ruined Maya sites in the [[19th century]]. - Maya codices (899 bytes)
1: ...the time of the [[Spain|Spanish]] conquest of the Maya area in the [[16th century]], but they were destr...
3: Such codices were the primary written records of Maya civilization, although now more text from stone m...
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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
62: ...ec]], the [[Toltec]], and the [[Maya civilization|Maya]].
64: Latecomers to Mexico's central plateau, the Mexica, or Aztecs, as they were sometim...
76: ...ublic, the [[Zapotec]] [[Benito Juárez]], with diplomatic and logistical support from the United Stat...
87: ...the Congress. [[Congress of Mexico|Congress]] has played an increasingly important role since [[1997]]...
163: ...[Yucatᮝ]. The center of Mexico is a great, high plateau, open to the north, with mountain chains on ... - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...icle|SUV]], see [[Ford Expedition]] (especially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fic...
6: ... de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ... de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
8: ...lmeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
9: ...uerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]]) - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
1: [[Image:MayaDeren.png|200px|thumb|right|Maya Deren]]
2: ...ra Derenkovskaya''' on [[April 29]], [[1917]], '''Maya Deren''' was an [[American]] [[avant-garde]] [[fi...
6: ...e film. It was in 1943 that she adopted the name Maya Deren.
14: ...ndover]]'' (1982). James Merrill paid for the completion of several of Deren's films.
16: ...umentary about Deren, titled ''[[In the Mirror of Maya Deren]].'' - Egyptian chronology (11665 bytes)
7: ...tested dates in other calendaric systems, for example, Greek, Jewish, Assyrian, Persian, and Julian/Gr...
9: The archeological record is incomplete, also (with relics and artifacts missing or de...
15: ... that the beginning of the next Sothic cycle took place in [[26 BCE]], instead of 139 CE.
17: ...' states that all the plausible second millennium placements require that a major calendrical readjust...
21: ...n found in a tomb of [[Dorak]], near [[Constantinople]], tells E. Bacon, ''Archaeology; Discoveries in... - United States (58223 bytes)
9: national_motto = <br>''[[E Pluribus Unum]]'' ([[1789]]–present)<br>([[Lat...
35: ...s Constitution|'''Constitution''']]<br> - completed<br> - ratified<br> - effective|
52: ... profoundly changed in [[1788]] when the states replaced the [[Articles of Confederation]] with the [[...
58: ...er long [[Federalist papers|debate]], this was supplanted by the [[United States Constitution|Constitu...
60: ... rebellion, though full emancipation did not take place until after the end of the war in [[1865]], th... - Belize (11927 bytes)
61: The [[Maya civilization]] spread over Belize between [[1500 ...
63: ...rom the Maya word belix, meaning "muddy water", applied to the Belize River.
96: ...he south is found the low mountain range of the [[Maya Mountains]], of which the highest point in Belize...
103: ...he [[banana]] industry is the country's largest employer. [[Citrus production]] has become a major ind...
112: ...In Belize this is spelled "Kriol"); about 10% are Maya; and about 6% are Afro-Amerindian ([[Garifuna]]).... - Guatemala (8475 bytes)
20: ...anguages of official status as well, particularly Maya)
60: ...n of Guatemala was the heart of the flourishing [[Maya civilization]].
62: ...burning them. The [[Popol Vuh]], a Pre-Columbian Maya creation story, is one that survived.
99: ...in 2000 provided world agricultural prices do not plunge.
104: ...d Amerindians descendants of indigenous [[Maya people]] constitute 43% of the population. Whites and o... - Human (48024 bytes)
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27: ...]] and [[observation]] have led to a variety of explanations for [[consciousness]] and the the relatio...
30: ...e inherently [[society|social]]. Humans create complex [[sociology|social structures]] composed of man... - Civilization (29205 bytes)
5: ... this sense, civilization is an exclusive term, applied to some human groups and not others.
7: ...society, whether complex and city-dwelling, or simple and tribal. This definition is often perceived a...
11: ... or crude behavior. In this sense, civilization implies sophistication and refinement.
15: ...on is a complex society, as distinguished from simpler societies. Everyone lives in a society and a c...
17: ...rrigation]]. This enables farmers to produce a surplus of food that will not be needed for their own s... - Timeline of United States pre-history (before 1600) (1679 bytes)
16: *1520s-Spanish begin conquest of [[Maya civilization]]
18: ...iovanni da Verrazano]], working for [[France]], explores coastline from present-day [[North Carolina]]...
19: *[[1542]]-[[Hernando_de_Soto_(explorer)|Hernando de Soto]] discovers the [[Mississip... - Vietnam War (102682 bytes)
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37: ...the Vietnam War, the conflict between US and [[People's Army of Vietnam|NVA]] troops, not to have begu...
41: ...namese government and partly as a counter to [[People's Republic of China|Chinese]] influence in the r...
47: ...rican [[Declaration of Independence]], and a band played "[[The Star Spangled Banner]]." Ho had hoped...
50: ...without generous American support in Indochina, a ploy Secretary of State [[Dean Acheson]] accurately ... - Venus (planet) (31010 bytes)
1: ...ize and bulk composition. Although all planets' [[planetary orbit|orbits]] are [[ellipse|elliptical]],...
5: ...1600 BC]], and to the [[Maya]]n civilization (the Mayans developed a religious calendar based on Venus's...
9: ...|Korean]], and [[Japan]]ese cultures refer to the planet as the ''Metal Star'', based on the [[Five El...
14: ...5 km/h). Winds in the upper atmosphere circle the planet in only 4 days, helping to distribute the hea...
16: ...site is actually true. The cloud cover keeps the planet much cooler than it would be otherwise. The ... - Shark (14021 bytes)
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17: ...dy]] to protect from [[parasite]]s, and rows of replaceable [[tooth|teeth]] in the [[mouth]].
22: ...which, like the [[great whale]]s, feeds only on [[plankton]]. The [[bull shark]] is a unique species ... - History of the world (21975 bytes)
5: ... progressed, tools became far more refined and complex. At some point, humans had begun using [[fire]]...
7: ...mankind to [[North America]] and [[Oceania]] took place at the climax of the most recent [[Ice Age]], ...
12: ...]], and the [[Indus River|Indus Valley]]. Some peoples, such as [[Australian Aborigines|Aborigines]] o...
14: ...cities with high levels of social and economic complexity. However, these civilisations were so differ...
16: ...g]]. In the Americas, civilizations such as the [[Maya]], the [[Moche]] and [[Nazca culture|Nazca]] emer... - History of astronomy (13532 bytes)
2: ...cts, especially [[star]]s and [[planet]]s. An example of this early astronomy might involve a study of...
4: ...ively fixed over the [[century|centuries]], while planets will move an appreciable amount during a com...
10: ...ral]] societies, in which the harvest depended on planting at the correct time of year. The most commo...
20: ...pin on its axis and considered the motions of the planets with respect to the sun.
24: ... (sphere) and ''Grahaganita'' (mathematics of the planets). - Maya people (3790 bytes)
2: ...he '''Maya people''' are a [[native American]] people of southern [[Mexico]] and northern [[Central Am...
4: ...onal culturally distinct life, often speaking a [[Maya language]].
6: The largest populations of Maya people are in the Mexican states of [[Yucatᮝ], [[Camp...
10: ...ven those of mostly or all Maya descent who speak Maya at home often identify themselves as "[[Mestizo]]...
14: ...; results included the temporary existence of the Maya state of [[Chan Santa Cruz]], recognized as an in... - Maya civilization (25116 bytes)
1: ...ny of them still speak one of the [[Maya language|Maya family of languages]].
5: ...tion, the [[Olmec]] culture. The Olmec and early Maya seem to have influenced each other.
7: The earliest monuments consist of simple [[Tumulus|burial mounds]], the precursors to [[p...
11: ... [[genealogy]], [[war]] victories, and other accomplishments.
13: The Maya participated in long distance trade in Mesoameric... - Maya numerals (1506 bytes)
1: The [[Pre-Columbian]] [[Maya civilization]] used a [[vigesimal]] ([[numeral sy...
3: ...1.png|thumb|200px|left|Maya numbers as shown in [[Maya codices]]]]
7: For example, 19 is written as four dots in a horizontal row ...
11: Other than the bar and dot notation, Maya numerals can be illustrated by face type glyphs. ...
14: ...t least since the early Classic era). Subsequent place values return to base 20. - Pre-Columbian (867 bytes)
3: ...ica]] (e.g. the [[Aztec]] and [[Maya civilization|Maya]]) and the [[Andes]] ([[Tahuantinsuyu|Inca]], [[M... - Mayan (487 bytes)
1: The adjective '''Mayan''' refers to a people of what is now parts of [[Mexico]] and [[Central...
5: ...a civilization]] - dealing with [[Pre-Columbian]] Maya culture, history and archaeology
6: ...[[Maya people]] - dealing with the modern Maya people
7: ...nguage family traditionally spoken by the Maya people
8: ...calendar]] - the Mesoamerican [[calendar]] of the Maya civilization
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