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Yucatán: Encyclopedia II - Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg - Death assessment of accomplishments

He died at Nice at the beginning of 1874, at the age of 59. His linguistic and archaeological fieldwork, as well as his diligent collection, discovery and republication of source materials proved to be highly useful for subsequent Mesoamerican researchers and scholars. The interpretations and theories he personally advanced mostly proved to be inaccurate. ...

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Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg - Early life and writings, Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg - Dispatched to Quebec, Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg - Travels and expeditions to Central America, Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg - Discovery of de Landa's work, Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg - Publication of Popol Vuh, Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg - Identification of Maya codex, Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg - Death assessment of accomplishments, Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg - List of publications

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Yucatán: Encyclopedia II - Flag of Mexico - Design and symbolism

The official design of the Mexican flag can be found in Article 3 of the Law on the National Arms, Flag, and Anthem, which was passed in 1984. The article dictates what must be featured on the flag and also its proportions. Copies of the national flag which are made according to this law are kept in two locations: the General Archive of the Nation (Archivo General de la Nación) and the National Museum of History (Museo Nacional de Historia). Art. 3: "The Bandera Nacional is a rectangle divided into three ...

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Flag of Mexico, Flag of Mexico - Design and symbolism, Flag of Mexico - Coat of arms, Flag of Mexico - Meaning of the colors, Flag of Mexico - History, Flag of Mexico - Flag protocol, Flag of Mexico - Variants, Flag of Mexico - Flag devices, Flag of Mexico - Banderas monumentales

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Yucatán: Encyclopedia II - Flag of Mexico - Flag protocol

When the Mexican flag is paraded in front of a crowd, those in military uniform must present a salute according to their regulations. Civilians that are present give the following salute to the national flag: standing at attention (firmes), the civilian raises their right arm and places their right hand on their chest, parallel to the heart. The hand is flat and the palm of the hand is facing the ground. This salute is known as the "El Saludo Civil de la Bandera Nacional" ("The Civil Salute to the National Flag"). When t ...

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Flag of Mexico, Flag of Mexico - Design and symbolism, Flag of Mexico - Coat of arms, Flag of Mexico - Meaning of the colors, Flag of Mexico - History, Flag of Mexico - Flag protocol, Flag of Mexico - Variants, Flag of Mexico - Flag devices, Flag of Mexico - Banderas monumentales

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Yucatán: Encyclopedia II - Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Statistics on indigenous populations

The following table gives the percentage of the population of each country that is comprised by indigenous peoples, and of people with partly indigenous descent. (One should note that these categories, especially the second one, are rather vague.) Bolivia : 55% / 30% / 85% / Peru : 45% / 37% / 82% / Guatemala : 44 % / 52% / 96% / Mexico : 30% / 60% / 90% / Ecuador : 25% / 55% / 80% / French Guyana, Guyana, and Suriname : 5 – 20% / [?] / [?] Hon ...

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Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Early history, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - The Bering Strait Land Bridge Theory, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - European colonization of the Americas, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - United States, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Canada, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Mexico, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Belize, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Guatemala, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Brazil, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Argentina, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Other parts of the Americas, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Statistics on indigenous populations, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Cultural aspects, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Gender, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Music and art, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Controversial terminology, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Canada and the North, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Latin America

Read more here: » Indigenous peoples of the Americas: Encyclopedia II - Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Statistics on indigenous populations

Yucatán: Encyclopedia II - Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg - Travels and expeditions to Central America

From 1848 to 1863 he travelled extensively as a missionary throughout many parts of Mexico and Central America. On these journeys he gave great attention to Mesoamerican antiquities, and became well-versed in the then-current theories and knowledge about the history of the region, and the Pre-Colombian civilizations whose sites and monuments remained, yet were little understood. Using information he had collected during his time spent travelling there, as well as that compiled by other scholars of his time, he published in 1857 ...

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Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg - Early life and writings, Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg - Dispatched to Quebec, Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg - Travels and expeditions to Central America, Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg - Discovery of de Landa's work, Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg - Publication of Popol Vuh, Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg - Identification of Maya codex, Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg - Death assessment of accomplishments, Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg - List of publications

Read more here: » Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg: Encyclopedia II - Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg - Travels and expeditions to Central America

Yucatán: Encyclopedia II - Cannibalism - Cannibal themes in myth religion or arts

On a primitive level, ritually eating part of the slaughtered enemy is a way of assuming the life-spirit of the departed. In a funeral ritual this may also be done with a respected member of one's own clan, ensuring immortality. Cannibal ogresses appear in folklore around the world, the witch in 'Hansel and Gretel' being the most immediate example. The opening of Hell, the Zoroastrian contribution to Western mythology, is a mouth. According to Catholic dogma, bread and wine are transubstantiated into the real flesh and blood of Jesus, ...

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Cannibalism, Cannibalism - Non-human cannibalism, Cannibalism - Cannibalism among humans, Cannibalism - Modern cannibalism, Cannibalism - Historical cannibalism incidents, Cannibalism - Cannibalism in war, Cannibalism - 'Cannibalism' as cultural libel, Cannibalism - Sexualized cannibalism fantasies and real, Cannibalism - Cannibal themes in myth religion or arts, Cannibalism - Cannibalism as sympathetic magic, Cannibalism - Cannibalism as a funeral rite, Cannibalism - Cannibalism in popular culture, Cannibalism - Other uses of the word

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Yucatán: Encyclopedia II - Cannibalism - Sexualized cannibalism fantasies and real

The wide use of the Internet has highlighted that thousands of people harbor sexualized cannibalistic fantasies. Discussion forums and user groups exist for the exchange of pictures and stories of such fantasies. A good example of such fantasies is provided by the works of Dolcett. Typically, people in such forums fantasize about eating or being eaten by members of their sexually preferred gender. As such, the can ...

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Cannibalism, Cannibalism - Non-human cannibalism, Cannibalism - Cannibalism among humans, Cannibalism - Modern cannibalism, Cannibalism - Historical cannibalism incidents, Cannibalism - Cannibalism in war, Cannibalism - 'Cannibalism' as cultural libel, Cannibalism - Sexualized cannibalism fantasies and real, Cannibalism - Cannibal themes in myth religion or arts, Cannibalism - Cannibalism as sympathetic magic, Cannibalism - Cannibalism as a funeral rite, Cannibalism - Cannibalism in popular culture, Cannibalism - Other uses of the word

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Yucatán: Encyclopedia II - Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg - Early life and writings

He was born at Bourbourg, a small town with many Flemish influences near Dunkirk, France, just as the First French Empire was drawing to a close. As a youth he went to Ghent in the newly-independent Belgian state to study theology and philosophy. He became interested in writing during his studies there, and in 1837 aged 23 he began contributing essays to a Parisian journal. He wrote several historical accounts (using a pseudonym), including one on Jerusalem. He also had several novels published, written in a Romantic vein which was th ...

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Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg - Early life and writings, Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg - Dispatched to Quebec, Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg - Travels and expeditions to Central America, Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg - Discovery of de Landa's work, Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg - Publication of Popol Vuh, Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg - Identification of Maya codex, Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg - Death assessment of accomplishments, Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg - List of publications

Read more here: » Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg: Encyclopedia II - Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg - Early life and writings

Yucatán: Encyclopedia II - Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Controversial terminology

Generally, ethnic groups desire that others use the name they give themselves. This preference has gained importance recently as a means of avoiding ethnic discrimination. The principle applies poorly to larger, multi-ethnic groups since different sub-groups often have incompatible preferences. English, like other natural languages, has traditionally ignored this principle, exerting its privilege to invent its own ethnic terms, such as German, Dutch, and Albanian, and disregarding the self-appellations and preferences of ...

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Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Early history, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - The Bering Strait Land Bridge Theory, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - European colonization of the Americas, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - United States, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Canada, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Mexico, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Belize, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Guatemala, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Brazil, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Argentina, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Other parts of the Americas, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Statistics on indigenous populations, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Cultural aspects, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Gender, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Music and art, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Controversial terminology, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Canada and the North, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Latin America

Read more here: » Indigenous peoples of the Americas: Encyclopedia II - Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Controversial terminology

Yucatán: Encyclopedia II - Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg - Discovery of de Landa's work

In 1862 whilst searching through archives at the Royal Academy of History in Madrid for New World materials, he came across an abridged copy of a manuscript which had originally been written by the Spanish cleric Diego de Landa sometime around 1566. De Landa had been one of those charged with disseminating the Roman Catholic faith amongst the Maya peoples in Spain's new Central American possessions in the early period following the Spanish conquest of Yucatán, and had lived there for several years. His manuscript (Relación de las Cosas ...

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Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg - Early life and writings, Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg - Dispatched to Quebec, Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg - Travels and expeditions to Central America, Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg - Discovery of de Landa's work, Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg - Publication of Popol Vuh, Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg - Identification of Maya codex, Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg - Death assessment of accomplishments, Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg - List of publications

Read more here: » Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg: Encyclopedia II - Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg - Discovery of de Landa's work

Yucatán: Encyclopedia II - Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Mexico

The territory of modern-day Mexico was home to numerous indigenous civilizations prior to the arrival of the European conquistadors: The Olmecs, who flourished from between 1200 BC to about 800 BC in the coastal regions of the Gulf of Mexico; the Zapotecs and the Mixtecs, who held sway in the mountains of Oaxaca and the Isthmus of Tehuantepec; the Maya in the Yucatán (and into neighbouring areas of contemporary Central America;the Purepecha or Tarascan in present day Guatamala and surrounding areas and, of course, the Aztecs, who, fr ...

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Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Early history, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - The Bering Strait Land Bridge Theory, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - European colonization of the Americas, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - United States, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Canada, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Mexico, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Belize, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Guatemala, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Brazil, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Argentina, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Other parts of the Americas, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Statistics on indigenous populations, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Cultural aspects, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Gender, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Music and art, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Controversial terminology, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Canada and the North, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Latin America

Read more here: » Indigenous peoples of the Americas: Encyclopedia II - Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Mexico

Yucatán: Encyclopedia II - Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg - Identification of Maya codex

In 1866, Brasseur de Bourbourg had opportunity to examine an artefact in Madrid which was in the possession of a Spanish paleography professor named Juan de Tro y Ortolano, who had purchased it some six years earlier. This artefact was an old book, or codex, made from paper-bark in the form of a folded screen of continuous pages, several metres in length when extended. The codex contained numerous signs and drawings, which Brasseur de Bourbourg was readily able to identify as being Mayan in origi ...

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Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg - Early life and writings, Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg - Dispatched to Quebec, Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg - Travels and expeditions to Central America, Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg - Discovery of de Landa's work, Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg - Publication of Popol Vuh, Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg - Identification of Maya codex, Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg - Death assessment of accomplishments, Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg - List of publications

Read more here: » Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg: Encyclopedia II - Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg - Identification of Maya codex

Yucatán: Encyclopedia II - Indigenous peoples of the Americas - European colonization of the Americas

The European colonization of the Americas forever changed the lives and cultures of the indigenous peoples of the continent. In the 15th to 19th centuries, their populations were ravaged by the privations of displacement, by disease, and in many cases by warfare with European groups and enslavement by them. The first indigenous group encountered by Columbus were the 250,000 Arawaks of Hispaniola. Th ...

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Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Early history, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - The Bering Strait Land Bridge Theory, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - European colonization of the Americas, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - United States, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Canada, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Mexico, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Belize, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Guatemala, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Brazil, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Argentina, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Other parts of the Americas, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Statistics on indigenous populations, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Cultural aspects, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Gender, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Music and art, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Controversial terminology, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Canada and the North, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Latin America

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Yucatán: Encyclopedia II - History of the world - Age of kingdoms

Throughout the temperate zones of Eurasia, America, and North Africa, large empires continued to rise and fall. The gradual breakup of the Roman Empire, which spanned several centuries following the 2nd century CE, coincided with the spread of Christianity westward from the Middle East. The western part of the Roman Empire fell under the domination of various Germanic tribes in the 5th century, and these polities gradually developed into a number of warring Catholic states. The remaining part of the Roman Empire in the eastern Mediter ...

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History of the world, History of the world - Hunter-Gatherers, History of the world - Agriculture, History of the world - State, History of the world - City and trade, History of the world - Bronze and Iron Ages, History of the world - The classical empires, History of the world - Age of kingdoms, History of the world - Rise of Europe, History of the world - Age of Discovery, History of the world - Twentieth century

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Yucatán: Encyclopedia II - History of the world - The classical empires

By the last centuries BCE the Mediterranean, the Ganges and the Yellow River became the seats of empires which future rulers would strive to imitate. In China the Qin and Han dynasties extended the rule of imperial government through political unity, improved communications and also notably the establishment of state monopolies by Emperor Wu. In India, the influence of the Mauryas spread over much of the north subcontinent and Pandyas at the south of the subcontinent. In the west, the Romans began expanding their territory through conquest a ...

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History of the world, History of the world - Hunter-Gatherers, History of the world - Agriculture, History of the world - State, History of the world - City and trade, History of the world - Bronze and Iron Ages, History of the world - The classical empires, History of the world - Age of kingdoms, History of the world - Rise of Europe, History of the world - Age of Discovery, History of the world - Twentieth century

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Yucatán: Encyclopedia II - History of the world - Rise of Europe

The second half of the second millennium was dominated by the expansion of European power around the world. Why Europe, which had been a peripheral area during its Middle Ages, came to dominate the planet is one of the most important questions of world history. Other parts of the world had become more advanced than Europe. China had developed an advanced monetary economy by 1000 CE. China had a free peasantry who were no longer subsistence farmers, and could sell their produce and actively participate in the market. The agriculture wa ...

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History of the world, History of the world - Hunter-Gatherers, History of the world - Agriculture, History of the world - State, History of the world - City and trade, History of the world - Bronze and Iron Ages, History of the world - The classical empires, History of the world - Age of kingdoms, History of the world - Rise of Europe, History of the world - Age of Discovery, History of the world - Twentieth century

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Yucatán: Encyclopedia II - History of the world - Age of Discovery

In the fourteenth century the Renaissance began in Europe. Some modern scholars have questioned whether this flowering of art and humanism was a benefit to science, but the era did see an important fusion of Arab and European knowledge. One of the most important developments was the caravel, which combined the Arab lateen sail with European square rigging to create the first vessels that could safely sail the Atlantic Ocean. Along with important developments in navigation, this technology allowed Christopher Columbus in 1492 to penetrate across the Atlantic Ocea ...

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History of the world, History of the world - Hunter-Gatherers, History of the world - Agriculture, History of the world - State, History of the world - City and trade, History of the world - Bronze and Iron Ages, History of the world - The classical empires, History of the world - Age of kingdoms, History of the world - Rise of Europe, History of the world - Age of Discovery, History of the world - Twentieth century

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Yucatán: Encyclopedia II - Hurricane Mitch - Impact

Hurricane Mitch was the deadliest Atlantic hurricane since the Great Hurricane of 1780, displacing the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 as the second-deadliest on record. Eleven thousand people were confirmed dead, and just as many reported missing. Deaths were mostly from flooding and mudslides, when the slow-moving hurricane and then tropical storm dropped nearly 3 feet (900 mm) of rain. Mitch was the second deadly hurricane to hit Honduras since the beginning of modern tropical cyclone observation and forecasting. Hurrica ...

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Hurricane Mitch, Hurricane Mitch - Storm history, Hurricane Mitch - Impact

Read more here: » Hurricane Mitch: Encyclopedia II - Hurricane Mitch - Impact

Yucatán: Encyclopedia II - History of the world - Twentieth century

The twentieth century saw the domination of the world by Europe wane, at least partly from the internal destruction of World War II, and the United States and the Soviet Union rise as superpowers. Following World War II, the United Nations was founded in the hopes that it could prevent conflicts among nations and make future wars impossible. After 1990 the Soviet Union collapsed and the United States became the sole superpower, te ...

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History of the world, History of the world - Hunter-Gatherers, History of the world - Agriculture, History of the world - State, History of the world - City and trade, History of the world - Bronze and Iron Ages, History of the world - The classical empires, History of the world - Age of kingdoms, History of the world - Rise of Europe, History of the world - Age of Discovery, History of the world - Twentieth century

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Yucatán: Encyclopedia II - History of the world - Bronze and Iron Ages

Agricultural settlements had until this time been almost completely dependent on stone tools. In Eurasia, copper and bronze tools, decorations, and weapons began to become commonplace around 3000 BCE. After bronze, the Eastern Mediterranean region, Middle East and China saw the introduction of iron tools and weapons. The Americas may not have had metal tools until the Chavin horizon in 900 BCE. We also know that the Moche had metal armor, knives and tableware. Even the metal-poor Inca had metal-tipped plows, at least after the conquest of Ch ...

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History of the world, History of the world - Hunter-Gatherers, History of the world - Agriculture, History of the world - State, History of the world - City and trade, History of the world - Bronze and Iron Ages, History of the world - The classical empires, History of the world - Age of kingdoms, History of the world - Rise of Europe, History of the world - Age of Discovery, History of the world - Twentieth century

Read more here: » History of the world: Encyclopedia II - History of the world - Bronze and Iron Ages

Yucatán: Encyclopedia II - History of the world - City and trade

Agriculture also created, and allowed for the storage of, food surpluses that could support people not directly involved in food production. The development of agriculture permitted the creation of the first cities. These were state centers with nearly no agricultural production of their own. The cities were parasites of a sort, absorbing agricultural products from the surrounding countryside. The development of cities led to what has been called civilization: first Sumerian in lower Mesopotamia (3500 BCE), then Egyptian along the Nil ...

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History of the world, History of the world - Hunter-Gatherers, History of the world - Agriculture, History of the world - State, History of the world - City and trade, History of the world - Bronze and Iron Ages, History of the world - The classical empires, History of the world - Age of kingdoms, History of the world - Rise of Europe, History of the world - Age of Discovery, History of the world - Twentieth century

Read more here: » History of the world: Encyclopedia II - History of the world - City and trade

Yucatán: Encyclopedia II - Cannibalism - 'Cannibalism' as cultural libel

Numerous groups, peoples, and cultures are accused of killing and eating human beings. See Blood libel. Unsubstantiated reports of cannibalism disproportionately relate cases of cannibalism among cultures that are already otherwise despised, feared, or are little known. In antiquity, Greek reports of anthropophagy were related to distant, non-Hellenic barbarians, or else relegated in myth to the 'primitive' chthonic world that preceded the coming of the Olympian gods. In 1994, printed booklets reported that in a Yugoslavian concentration camp of Manjaca the Bosnian refugees ...

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Cannibalism, Cannibalism - Non-human cannibalism, Cannibalism - Cannibalism among humans, Cannibalism - Modern cannibalism, Cannibalism - Historical cannibalism incidents, Cannibalism - Cannibalism in war, Cannibalism - 'Cannibalism' as cultural libel, Cannibalism - Sexualized cannibalism fantasies and real, Cannibalism - Cannibal themes in myth religion or arts, Cannibalism - Cannibalism as sympathetic magic, Cannibalism - Cannibalism as a funeral rite, Cannibalism - Cannibalism in popular culture, Cannibalism - Other uses of the word

Read more here: » Cannibalism: Encyclopedia II - Cannibalism - 'Cannibalism' as cultural libel




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