The Mayan civilization was one of the greatest civilizations in the past. The civilization of the Mayans was regarded as a group of people who spent their lives in Central America but now very few Mayans actually live there. The Mayans were the only ones in America who used written language before the arrival of Columbus in America. They were extremely skilled in building, art, math, planets and stars, that’s why they have their own calendars known as Mayan Calendar. For 1200 years, the Civilization of the Mayans dominated Mesoamerica, while Europe was still in the dark ages. Approximately 12 centuries ago, the civilization collapsed. The people of the Mayan civilizations traded with other people and ethnic groups residing in the Americas. Their artistic designs and huge buildings have great styles. The people from Spain arrived from the start of the 15th century and silently covered the whole area of Central America, even taking over the main area of Mayans.
The Mayan Calendar is one of the greatest inventions of the Mayan Civilization. The Mayans invented their calendar with great accuracy and great complexity. The calendar is inside the ancient Mayan Pyramid Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico. The Pyramid of Kukulkan, known as Chichen Itza, was built during the late Mayan period and this pyramid was used as a calendar having four stairways, each stairway with 91 steps and a platform at the upper end of the stairway, totaling 365 steps, and equivalent to the days in a calendar year. The Mayans believed that we are approaching the end of the world on December 21, 2012. Although, some of the Mayan elders believed that it will just be a transition of time from one age to another.
During the era that emerged between 900 AD and ended on 1000 AD, the Mayan cities were believed to face huge problems until most of the people left, and only a few remained. The Mayan civilization then faced big hurdles in making big structures, monuments and buildings. The people there did not predict those huge catastrophes that occurred at that time. They have many different thoughts and opinions on what occurred. Some of them believe that there were some environmental changes like disaster or flood, or some sort of disease that erupted amongst the people. Maybe there were just too many people for the amount of food produced. There is still ambiguity about what happened to the Mayan people.
The Civilization of the Mayans invented the number zero, they had a very futuristic approach towards medicine, they used herbs as a part of their medicine, their studies were used frequently in modern Medicine, and they were extremely advanced in dental hygiene. The Mayans had a great idea of the constellations, stars, and time. At that time, rulers could predict solar and lunar eclipses, droughts, heavy rains and upcoming astronomical events. The Mayan calendar is one of the oldest calendars. It is basically an energy tracking machine that is used to describe the energy for creation in which each day, person and era is unique, The Mayan calendar was inured to make a decision about the spirits of the child, and his/her nature of job in this universe that had to be done. The child’s future talents depend upon the date and point in time of the delivery. The ruler is also the sole owner to decide the work that was made for that child. In fact, the Mayan civilization was rich in culture and one of the greatest civilizations ever on earth.
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