maya, in Hinduism (Encyclopedia)
maya maya , in Hinduism, term used in the Veda to mean magic or supernatural power. In Mahayana ...

Maya Plisetskaya (Encyclopedia)
Plisetskaya, Maya Plisetskaya, Maya , 1925–, Russian dancer. Pliesetskaya became a soloist ...

Maya Angelou (Encyclopedia)
Angelou, Maya Angelou, Maya , 1928–, African-American writer and performer, b. St. Louis, Mo. ...

Maya Ying Lin (Encyclopedia)
Lin, Maya Ying Lin, Maya Ying , 1959–, American architect and sculptor, b. Athens, Ohio. From ...

Maya, indigenous people of Mexico and Central America: Colonial-Period Maya (Encyclopedia)
Colonial-Period Maya The Spanish conquistadors found a number of small polities in northern ...

Maya, indigenous people of Mexico and Central America: Maya Prehistory (Encyclopedia)
Maya Prehistory Archaeologists divide the prehistory of the Maya region into the Preclassic (c.1500 ...

Maya, indigenous people of Mexico and Central America: Bibliography (Encyclopedia)
Bibliography See K. Warren, Symbols of Subordination (1979); N. M. Farriss, Maya Society Under ...

Maya, indigenous people of Mexico and Central America (Encyclopedia)
Maya Maya , indigenous people of S Mexico and Central America, occupying an area comprising the ...

Maya, indigenous people of Mexico and Central America: The Twentieth Century (Encyclopedia)
The Twentieth Century In the first half of the 20th cent., most of the Maya region looked much as ...

Maya, indigenous people of Mexico and Central America: Independence Period (Encyclopedia)
Independence Period Beginning in the late 18th cent., demand for cordage and fibers on the world ...

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