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The Maya is a Mesoamerican civilization , noted for the only known fully developed written language of the pre-Columbian Americas, as well as for its art , architecture , and mathematical and astronomical systems. Initially established during the Pre-Classic period (c. 2000 BC to 250 AD), according to the Mesoamerican chronology , many Maya cities reached their highest state of development during the Classic period (c. 250 to 900 AD), and continued throughout the Post-Classic period until the arrival of the Spanish . The Maya civilization shares many features with other Mesoamerican civilizations due to the high degree of interaction and cultural diffusion that characterized the region.
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite (often called TCP/IP, although not all protocols use TCP) to serve billions of users worldwide. It is a network of networks that consists of millions of private, public, academic, business, and government networks, of local to global scope, that are linked by a broad array of electronic, wireless and optical networking technologies. The Internet carries an extensive range of information resources and services, such as the inter-linked hypertext documents of the World Wide Web (WWW) and the infrastructure to support email .
25°42′00″N 171°44′00″W / 25.7°N 171.7333333°W / 25.7; -171.7333333 Coordinates : 25°42′00″N 171°44′00″W / 25.7°N 171.7333333°W / 25.7; -171.7333333
Polar Ice Cap on Mars, seen by the Hubble Telescope
The Old City ( Hebrew : העיר העתיקה , Ha'Ir Ha'Atiqah , Arabic : البلدة القديمة , al-Balda al-Qadimah , Armenian : Հին Քաղաք , Hin K'aghak' ) is a 0.9 square kilometers (0.35 sq mi) walled area [ 3 ] within the modern city of Jerusalem .
The Potala Palace ( Tibetan : པོ་ཏ་ལ , Wylie : Po ta la , ZYPY : Bodala; simplified Chinese : 布达拉宫 ; traditional Chinese : 布達拉宮 ; pinyin : Bùdálā Gōng ) is located in Lhasa , Tibet Autonomous Region , China . It is named after Mount Potalaka , the mythical abode of Chenresig or Avalokitesvara . [ 1 ] The Potala Palace was the chief residence of the Dalai Lama until the 14th Dalai Lama fled to Dharamsala , India , during the 1959 Tibetan uprising .