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Yuri Knorozov identified syllabic signs in this civilization’s script, most sources of which were destroyed by Diego de Landa. This civilization (10[1])used fig-bark (10[1])to make a type of paper called huun (10[2])(“hoon”). As a funerary monument for a long-reigning ajaw (“ah-HOW”) named Pakal the Great, this civilization (10[1])built the Temple of the Inscriptions at Palenque. 394-year (-5[1])periods known as baktun (“BAHK-toon”) are used in this (10[1])civilization’s base-20 timekeeping, attested in books like the Dresden Codex. Popular misinterpretations of this civilization’s Long Count calendar (10[1])sparked the idea that the world would end in 2012. (10[1])For 10 points, which civilization built sites like Chichén Itzá (“CHEE-chen eets-HAH”) around the Yucatán Peninsula? ■END■

ANSWER: Mayan Civilisation [or Classical Maya]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Lucas Shedlock (UG)Princeton A (UG)Penn B (DII)2010
Saif Virani (UG)Fordham AMaryland B (DII)2210
Neilesh Shroti (UG)Columbia BRutgers B3010
Chase Barrick (DII)Lehigh A (UG)Penn A (DII)3010
Elijah Scheinson (UG)Columbia A (UG)Bard A (UG)4410
Zaid Asif (DII)NYU A (UG)Rowan A (DII)53-5
Andy Yu (DII)Maryland A (DII)NYU B6110
Jason Qin (DII)Columbia J (DII)Lehigh B (DII)7910
Sam Millenbach (DII)Rowan A (DII)NYU A (UG)8910

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2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY9100%0%22%53.44
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY8100%0%13%67.25
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY6100%0%17%55.00
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY11100%0%0%56.82
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY989%0%33%55.50
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