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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 932 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MAYA , an important tribe and stock of See also:

American See also:Indians, the dominant See also:race of See also:Yucatan and other states of See also:Mexico and See also:part of Central See also:America at the See also:time of the See also:Spanish See also:conquest. They were then divided into many nations, See also:chief among them being the Maya proper, the See also:Huastecs, the Tzental, the Pokom, the Mame and the See also:Cakchiquel and See also:Quiche. They were spread over Yucatan, See also:Vera Cruz, See also:Tabasco, See also:Campeche, and See also:Chiapas in Mexico, and over the greater part of See also:Guatemala and See also:Salvador. In See also:civilization the Mayan peoples rivalled the See also:Aztecs.

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