Maya maize god statue
AD 715 · Resource
A limestone bust of the youthful Maya maize god from a temple at Copan, commissioned under ruler Waxaklajuun Ubaah Kawiil. It embodies the Maya belief that humans were made from maize.
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Around 715
- Hijra (622)
- Tang dynasty (618)
- Islamic Golden Age (750)
- Abbasid Caliphate founded (750)
- Tang dynasty begins (618)
- Death of Muhammad (632)
- Reign of Charlemagne (768)
- Umayyad Caliphate begins (661)
- Reconquista (722)
- Xuanzang's pilgrimage to India (629)