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The making of the calendar
The Mayan civilization which existed in parts of South America and parts of Mexico is credited with the making of the calendar in the history of human civilization. Here we look at the making of the calendar and some interesting facts associated with it.
The Mayan civilization was a Mesoamerican one with a clear script which came to be known as the hieroglyphic. This script was the starting point of the making of the calendar.
The Mayan calendar was based with the alignment of stars and is said to have originated in the pre classic period.
The calendar was more accurate than the previous ones created. It was based on the solar and lunar movements and also the eclipses and the movement of planets.
The so called Mayan calendar is actually one of four calendars and called the long calendar usually used to measure long periods of time both in the future or past. The calendar is in the shape of a round and has Mesoamerican hieroglyphics. Each of these represents a specific time frame and are counted in multiples of13 and 20.
Experts have come to the conclusion that this long calendar started around August 13 or 14 3114 B.C and ended on December21 0r 23 2012, hence the prediction of doomsday or end of the world.
In reality another calendar began from December 2012. The Mayan calendars are complex and have interlocking cycles and are repeated.
If we understand how to read the Mayan calendar and the interlocking cycles we will be able to comprehend it better and also compare it with the Gregorian calendar.
As we have said earlier the Mayan calendar comprises four different calendars the first being Haab which actually spans a year and is based on the solar cycle.
There are 18 months of 20 days in each month called uinals. The 360 days make one tun.
In addition each haab has 5 days which they call wayeb present in every month. Thus it results in 365 days a year close to 3651/4 which is a solar year according to the Gregorian calendar.
Each 20 day uinal is counted beginning the day with 0 and ending with day 19 or 4.
The other calendar they had was called Tzolkin with 20 days and a cycle of 13 times a year. Each day of the year had a number running from 1 to 13 making it a total of 260 days. Experts have not been able to give a reason for this but some believe it could be related to agricultural cycles or to the movement of particular planet like Venus. Some others even relate it to the human gestational period.
Most Mayan dates are a combination of Haab and Tzolkin calendars. They form an interlocking system called a round forming long cycles between repetition of dates. The complete calendar consists of 52 repetitions of 365 days.
The best way to fathom this complex calendar created years ago is put it all together and try to understand it better.
In conclusion it must be said that the Mayan calendar though difficult to understand was definitely a beginning for mankind to understand dates and time. #theopenbook #Education #Educationalvideos #Studyiq #learn #Cbse #icse #ssc #generalknowledge

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