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==Maya== The [[Mesoamerican Long Count calendar]] dates the creation of the world of human beings to 11 August 3114 BC (in the most commonly accepted correlation) according to the [[proleptic Gregorian calendar]], or Monday, 6 September 3114 BC according to the [[proleptic Julian calendar]].<ref>David Freidel, Linda Schele, and Joy Parker, ''Maya Cosmos: Three thousand years on the shaman's path'' (New York: William Morrow, 1993) pp.59–75.</ref> There was also a previous creation that did not have a beginning date, but a date on [[Quirigu%C3%A1#Monuments|Stela F]] from [[Quiriguá]] refers to a date possibly 24 trillion years in the past.<ref>Matthew Looper, ''Lightning Warrior: Maya Art and Kingship at Quirigua'' (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2003) pp. 125-126</ref>
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