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	Classic Maya language -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Classic Maya language is the oldest historically attested member of the Maya language family.
		Classic Maya is split into at least two dialects, Ch'olan and Yucatecan.
		Classic Maya is written in the descendant of an (A member of an early Mesoamerican civilization contered around Veracruz that flourished between 1300 and 400 BC) Olmec script, and is one of only a handful of original writing systems.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/cl/classic_maya_language.htm (272 words)

	Maya civilization - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Maya civilization is a historical Mesoamerican civilization, which extended throughout the northern Central American region which includes the present-day states of Guatemala, Belize, western Honduras and parts of El Salvador, as well as the southern Mexican states of Chiapas, Tabasco and the entirety of the Yucatán peninsula.
		The Maya configured constellations of gods and places, saw the unfolding of narratives in their seasonal movements, and believed that the intersection of all possible worlds was in the night sky.
		Maya rulers figured prominently in many religious rituals and often were required to practice bloodletting, such as using sculpted bone or jade instruments to perforate their penises, or drawing thorn-studded ropes through their tongues.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mayan_civilization (4775 words)

	Encyclopedia: Maya civilization (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Maya ceramics are important in the study of the Pre-Columbian Maya culture of Mesoamerica.
		The Maya calendar is actually a system of distinct calendars and almanacs used by the Maya civilization of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica.
		Maya hieroglyphics is the system of writing used by the pre-Columbian Maya people to record the Maya language.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Maya-civilization (9613 words)

	Maya civilization
		Contrary to popular myth, the Maya people never "disappeared"; millions still live in the region, many of them still speak one of the Maya family of languages.
		During this "height" of Maya culture, the centers of their religious, commercial and bureaucratic power grew to become the incredible cities such as: Chichen Itza, Tikal, and Uxmal.
		The Maya (or their Olmec predesessors) independently developed the concept of zero, and used a base 20 numbering system (see Maya numerals).
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/m/ma/maya_civilization.html (2583 words)

	Yucatán - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Maya cities of the Yucatán continued to flourish after the Central Lowland Classic Maya cities collapsed; some continued to be occupied through the arrival of the Spanish.
		The first Bishop of Yucatán, Diego de Landa, burned all the Maya books that could be located (saying "they contained nothing but the lies of the Devil") and suppressed any reminents of pagan beliefs with such vigour that he was for a time recalled to Spain to answer charges of improper harshness.
		While the Maya embraced Christianity, many took it on as an addition to rather than a replacement of Pre-Columbian beliefs, and some Chrisitan Maya continue to offer prayers to the ancient agricultural deities in addition to the Christian God and saints.
	encyclopedia.learnthis.info /y/yu/yucatan.html (1720 words)

	Articles - YucatÃ¡n (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Three expeditions explored the coastal areas from 1517 to 1519, but no major effort was made to conquer the country until 1527 when the first expedition under Francisco de Montejo landed with Spanish crown authority to conquer and colonize YucatÃ¡n.
		While the Maya embraced Christianity, many took it on as an addition to rather than a replacement of Pre-Columbian beliefs, and some Christian Maya continue to offer prayers to the ancient agricultural deities in addition to the Christian God and saints.
		Today, the Paseo de Montejo, an avenue patterned after the Champs-Ã‰lysÃ©es in Paris, is lined with both abandoned and renovated mansions from that era.
	www.foreverc.com /articles/Yucat%c3%a1n (1578 words)

	ipedia.com: Classic Maya language Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		It is the language documented in the Pre-Columbian inscriptions of the Classic Era Maya civilization.
		Classic Maya is written in the descendant of an Olmec script, and is one of only a handful of original writing systems.
		Like the other Maya languages, Classic Maya is VSO and ergative in its basic typology.
	www.ipedia.com /classic_maya_language.html (220 words)

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