The Ancient Maya

When conquered in Spain, Maya in Central America, Aztec in Mexico and Inca in Peru formed the American civilization of the American Indians. Aztec and Inka were late civilizations between 1300 and 1533, but Maya of Yucatán and Guatemala showed more than 2,000 years of cultural continuity from 1000 BC to 1542 AD. Many aspects of this culture continue today. At that time the ancient Maya actually refined the sentences. They have a wide range of written languages, both voice and ideology.

The ancient Maya was an observer of the sky. This picture is a constellation of Mayan animals. Using their knowledge of astronomy and mathematics, the ancient Maya developed one of the most accurate calendar systems in human history. The ancient Maya was fascinated by the passage of time. The most common Mayan cycle calendars are Haab, Tzolk'in, Calendar Round. In addition, Maya has developed a Long Count calendar to sort myths and historical events by chronological order. Maya Long Calendar's 13 Bacton cycle is 1, 872 000 days or 5, 125.366 tropical year. This is one of the longest cycles seen in the Maya calendar system. This cycle ends at the winter solstice on December 21, 2012.

Among all the ancient calendar systems in the world, Maya and other Central America systems are the most complex, complex and accurate system. The consistency of the Maya cycle between 260 and 365 days is almost equal to the year of the actual sun in the tropics and has an error of only 19 minutes. Maya astronomer - priests are seeking guidance from the sky. They track complex movements of the sun, stars, and planets using observation stations, shadow projectors, and horizon observations, observe, compute and record this information in a register. From these observations Maya created a calendar to track the movement and time of the celestial bodies. These records do not seem to constitute an official lunar calendar, but the Maya kept a detailed record about the moon.

Ancient Maya geography - Maya lived in Central America. This area has mountains of volcanoes, scattered wetlands, and lush forests. Their house is in the tropical rainforest and now includes the Yucatan Peninsula, Guatemala, Guatemala, and a part of southern Mexico. The climate is very hot. The smart Maya built a huge city, a huge road network, and crops such as peppers and cotton. Anca Inca Geography - The Inca Empire built a house at an altitude of 11,000 feet above the Andes. Their civilizations developed rapidly and along long strips extending almost north and south of the western part of South America. Rugged place composed of Andes, coastline desert, Amazon jungle. Smart Incas has found a solution to geographic problems