Maya Temples: Like many Maya buildings, Maya temples were built of stone, with platforms on the top where wooden and thatch structures could be built. Temples tended to be pyramids, with steep stone steps leading to the top, where important ceremonies and sacrifices took place.
role in. P.G.T. Braxton Bragg, (born March 22, 1817, Warrenton, N.C., U.S.âdied Sept. 27, 1876, Galveston, Texas), Confederate officer in the U.S. Civil War (1861â65) whose successes in the West were dissipated when he failed to follow up on them.
Fort Bragg, a major United States Army post in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and home of the 82nd Airborne Division. Fort Bragg, California, a town in northwestern California, which was named for him years before he became a general. An Army officer named the place for his former commanding officer, Braxton Bragg.