What was Maya Civilization ?

At that point Leonidas sent away all Greek troops and remained in the pass with his 300 Spartans, 900 helots,

There are over 750,000 speakers of Mayan languages living in Mexico today (according to INEGI) and many more in Guatemala,

400 Thebans and 700 Thespians.

, Honduras, and El Salvador. Present-day Maya religion is a hybrid of Catholicism and ancient beliefs and rituals.

When Leonidas was killed, the Spartans retrieved his body after driving back the Persians four times.

Michael D. Coe has written some interesting books about the Maya if you would like to read further about this amazing culture.

The Maya provides a thorough overview of the development of Mayan civilization from earliest times.

The combination of the Bravo and Zulu nautical signal flags, e.g., Bravo Zulu

referred to as "BZ," is a naval signal, typically conveyed by flaghoist or voice radio,

The 26 code words in the NATO phonetic alphabet are assigned to the 26 letters of the English alphabet in alphabetical order as follows:

Alfa, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India, Juliett, Kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, X-ray, Yankee ...

Many Americans opposed the war on moral grounds,

appalled by the devastation and violence of the war.

Others claimed the conflict was a war against Vietnamese independence, or an intervention in a foreign civil war; others opposed

it because they felt it lacked clear objectives and appeared to be unwinnable.

The role of the United States in the Vietnam War began after World War II

escalated into full commitment during the Vietnam War from 1955 to 1975.

The U.S. involvement in South Vietnam stemmed from 20 long years of political and economic action.

May 1963 — Republican Barry Goldwater declares that the U.S. should fight to win or withdraw from Vietnam. Later on, during his presidential campaign against Lyndon B. Johnson, his Democratic opponents accuse him of wanting to use nuclear weapons in the conflict.

In World War II, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Germany and Italy, led respectively by Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini,

declared war on the United States, and the U.S. Congress responded in kind.

Since 1945, he became a prime minister and president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam).

In the late 1950s, Ho Chi Minh organized another communist guerrilla movement widely known as Viet Cong in South Vietnam.