Sample Sentences forMayan Civilization (editor-reviewed)
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Post-Columbian Mayans almost totally adopted Roman Catholicism.Mayans = members of an American Indian civilization of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala that reached its peak between AD 300 and 900
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Some Mayan languages are still spoken today.Mayan = an American Indian civilization of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala that reached its peak between AD 300 and 900
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Mayans lived here in the so-called New World before the Europeans discovered it. (source)Mayans = people of the American Indian civilization of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala that reached its peak between AD 300 and 900
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It reminds Connor of the Mayan game of pokatok—something he learned about in history class.† (source)
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I must have looked like a Mayan warrior.† (source)
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We went to The Idaho for the usual fare at the Saturday matinee—a double feature: Treasure of the Golden Condor, wherein Cornel Wilde is a dashing eighteenth-century Frenchman seeking hidden Mayan riches in Guatemala; and Drum Beat, wherein Alan Ladd is a cowboy and Audrey Dalton is an Indian.† (source)
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The storage facility —open twenty-four hours—was like a Mayan burial complex, save for an empty-eyed clerk watching TV at the front desk.† (source)
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Albert told them about the ancient Mayans.† (source)
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She spoke of the ancient medicines of other tribes, the Aztecas, Mayas, and even of those in the old, old country, the Moors.† (source)
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They pick their way down a broad corridor, excusing themselves every inch of the way as they step over little Mayan encampments and Buddhist shrines and white trash stoned on Vertigo, Apple Pie, Fuzzy Buzzy, Narthex, Mustard, and the like.† (source)
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It was originally domesticated by the Mayans.† (source)
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I look at civilizations that have collapsed: Rome, Greece, China, the Aztecs, the Mayas.† (source)
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I looked at Sergio's bearded face, at Ofelia's concerned eyes, at Chente good ol' Chente, calm as ever — and Skin, with a flowery Indian blouse from Mexico which made her look like what I imagined a Mayan princess to be.† (source)
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From the early Hebrews who made burnt offerings at the Temple, to the Mayans who beheaded humans atop the pyramids of Chichén Itzá, to Jesus Christ, who offered his body on the cross, the ancients understood God's requirement for sacrifice.† (source)
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Earth's supposed expiration date, the end of the Mayan calendar.† (source)
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Do Cherokees look like Mayans?† (source)
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