World History
My parents still use paper and so while I was over there for mother's day yesterday, I noticed their copy of the most recent Smithsonian magazine which has a cover story on El Mirador which was the capital of the Mayan civilization. Not only is there a long story, but also a number of photos. So, great you say, I am well past the Mayans. Since I did not use a PowerPoint for this part of the year I am going to go back to the unit assignment and add these amazing photos and then will go and see work in the reading of the article.
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World History
Mayan Civilization
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History of Guatemala. Provides an excellent summary overview to the history of this Central American nation. From the site: The Mayan civilization flourished throughout much of Guatemala and the surrounding region long before the Spanish arrived, but...
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I've been enjoying this blog for the past few weeks or so. The women who write the blog are published authors of historical fiction (romance and novels, respectively). I have a passion for historical fiction myself, and so was drawn to...
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