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Tzolk'in
Tzolkin (or tzolk'in, in the revised orthography which is now preferred) is the name bestowed by Mayanist scholars upon the version of the 260-day Mesoamerican calendar which was used by the Maya civilization. The tzolk'in is the most fundamental and widely-attested of all the Maya calendars, and w..

Tzomet
Tzomet or Tsomet (Hebrew: צומת, meaning "crossroads") was a small-to-medium secular, right-wing Israeli political party during the years 1983-1999. Contents 1 History1.0.1 11th Knesset (23/07/1984 - 01/11/1988)1.0.2 12th Knesset (01/11/1988 - 23/06/1992)1.0...

Tzompantli
A tzompantli, illustrated in the 16th C. Aztec manuscript, the Durán Codex. A tzompantli is a type wooden rack or palisade documented in several Mesoamerican civilizations, which was used for the public display of human skulls, typically those of war captives or other sacrificial victims. ..

Tzora
The Tzora kibbutz (in Hebrew קיבוץ צרעה) is an Israeli settlement situated about 30 km. from Jerusalem, near the town of Bet Shemesh. It was founded in 1948 by former Palmach members, and the current (2006) population is about 900, of whom about 400 are kibbutz members. Production branches..

Tzoran-Kadima
Tzoran-Kadima (Hebrew: ), sometimes called Kadima-Tzoran is a local council in the Center District of Israel. It is the result of the union of local councils Tzoran and Kadima in 2003. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, Tzoran-Kadima's population at the end of 2004 was 15,700. ..

Tzotzil
The Tzotzil Maya of the central highlands of the Mexican state of Chiapas are an indigenous group, the direct descendants of the Classic Maya civilization. The Tzotzil language, like Tzeltal and Ch'ol, is descended from the proto-Ch'ol spoken in the late classic period at sites such as Palenque and..

Tzotzil language
Tzotzil is a Maya language spoken in Chiapas, Mexico. Tzeltal is the most closely related language to Tzzotzil and together they form a Tzeltalan sub-branch of the Mayan language family. Tzeltal, Tzotzil and Chol are the most widely-spoken languages in Chiapas. Unlike Ch'ol, which features split..

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