MAYA  , an important tribe and stock of See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians, the dominant See also:

• RACE

race of See also:

• YUCATAN

Yucatan and other states of See also:

• MEXICO
• MEXICO (Span. Mejico, or Mexico,)
• MEXICO, FEDERAL DISTRICT OF
• MEXICO, GULF OF

Mexico and See also:

• PART

part of Central See also:

• AMERICA

America at the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish See also:

• CONQUEST

conquest . They were then divided into many nations, See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief among them being the Maya proper, the See also:

• HUASTECS

Huastecs, the Tzental, the Pokom, the Mame and the See also:

• CAKCHIQUEL

Cakchiquel and See also:

• QUICHE

Quiche . They were spread over Yucatan, See also:

• VERA, AUGUSTO (1813-1885)

Vera Cruz, See also:

• TABASCO

Tabasco, See also:

• CAMPECHE (CAMPEACHY)
• CAMPECHE, or CAMPECHE DE BARANDA

Campeche, and See also:

• CHIAPAS

Chiapas in Mexico, and over the greater part of See also:

• GUATEMALA (sometimes incorrectly written GUATIMALA)
• GUATEMALA, or GUATEMALA LA NUEVA (i.e. " New Guatemala," sometimes written Nueva Guatemala, and formerly Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala)

Guatemala and See also:

• SALVADOR, or SAN SALVADOR (Republica del Salvador)

Salvador . In See also:

• CIVILIZATION

civilization the Mayan peoples rivalled the See also:

• AZTECS (from the Nahuatl word aztlan, " place of the Heron," or " Heron " people)

Aztecs .