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Which quote from the section “The Maya” supports the idea that many of the Mayan’s customs were driven by their religious beliefs?

(A) The Maya organized themselves into small city-states of one big empire. The largest city-states was Tikal.
(B) Mayan priests were known as shamans. They were quite advanced in cosmology and mathematics.
(C) The Maya believed the world had ended four times already. They thought they were living in the fifth world, or Fifth Sun.
(D) Human sacrifice was important in Mayan culture. In their creation story, the gods started the Sun burning by sacrificing themselves to it.

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Answer D. Human sacrifice was importing Mayan culture. In their creation story, the gods started the sun burning by sacrificing themselves to it
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