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Trade was an important part of Maya society. One of the most desired trade items was a precious green stone known as __________.

A.
granite
B.
jade
C.
onyx
D.
slate

User Dorjee
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B. Jade. It's the only green gem on this list, and it's pretty clean. Here's a jade ring:
Trade was an important part of Maya society. One of the most desired trade items was-example-1
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Answer:

B. jade

Step-by-step explanation:

The economic basis of the Maya was agriculture, mainly maize, practiced with the help of irrigation, using rudimentary and itinerant techniques, which contributed to the destruction of tropic forests in the regions where they lived, also developed cormecial activities whose merchant class enjoyed great privileges.

As an exchange unit, they used cocoa seeds and copper bells, which they also used for ornamental work, alongside gold, silver, jade, seashells and colorful feathers.

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