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Who Were The Mayans?
The Mayan civilization thrived in a region encompassing southern Mexico, Guatemala, El
Salvador, Belize & western Honduras from around 3000 BC. Their dynamic and intelligent
culture survived for thousands of years but finally collapsed during an intense 200-year
drought, not long before Christopher Columbus landed on America's shores in the 15th
century.
The Mayans are known for their advanced
written language, as well as their art,
architecture, maths and astronomy. They
used a base 20 and base 5 numbering
system and independently created the
concept of zero by 36 BC.
This capacity for numbers produced highly
accurate astronomical observations,
charting the movements of the moon and
other planets. The ancient Maya had been
keeping historical records - using a script
which mixed ideographic and phonetic elements. Some of their writing still exists on stelae (stone
monuments) that recount civil events and record their calendric and astronomical knowledge.
Based on their own astrology, the resulting Mayan calendar was one of prophecies, and
supporters of the Mayan 2012 theory point to several seemingly accurate predictions to date.
What Is The Mayan Prophecy?
Contrary to popular belief (we can blame the doomsday media for that), the Mayan Prophecy
does not predict "the end of the world" on December 21, 2012. It predicts the end of the era
as our modern civilization enters a new kind of spiritual and collective conscious.
The Mayans believed that starting from the year 1999 (a notable date also picked out by
Nostradamus for its numerical significance - at least, significant in our eyes), mankind would
have 13 years to recognize our own patterns of self destruction. So it's now our responsibility
to get our act together and understand the importance of living a more spiritual (and less
destructive) existence.
Why December 21, 2012? What could happen on 2012 that is so major to the collective
conscious of mankind? According to the Mayan calendar, our entire solar system will come
into alignment while cycling through our galaxy every 5,125 years. Since the dawn of the
Mayan civilization in 3113 BC, a whopping 5,125 years will have passed, making the Winter
Solstice of 2012 so special. It marks the end of the Mayan Long Count calendar. It does not
mark the end of time.
Will it be the end of the world ? You can read more about What could happen on 2012 on
Http://www.thesocialpov.com

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Who were the mayans

  • 1. Who Were The Mayans? The Mayan civilization thrived in a region encompassing southern Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Belize & western Honduras from around 3000 BC. Their dynamic and intelligent culture survived for thousands of years but finally collapsed during an intense 200-year drought, not long before Christopher Columbus landed on America's shores in the 15th century. The Mayans are known for their advanced written language, as well as their art, architecture, maths and astronomy. They used a base 20 and base 5 numbering system and independently created the concept of zero by 36 BC. This capacity for numbers produced highly accurate astronomical observations, charting the movements of the moon and other planets. The ancient Maya had been keeping historical records - using a script which mixed ideographic and phonetic elements. Some of their writing still exists on stelae (stone monuments) that recount civil events and record their calendric and astronomical knowledge. Based on their own astrology, the resulting Mayan calendar was one of prophecies, and supporters of the Mayan 2012 theory point to several seemingly accurate predictions to date. What Is The Mayan Prophecy? Contrary to popular belief (we can blame the doomsday media for that), the Mayan Prophecy does not predict "the end of the world" on December 21, 2012. It predicts the end of the era as our modern civilization enters a new kind of spiritual and collective conscious. The Mayans believed that starting from the year 1999 (a notable date also picked out by Nostradamus for its numerical significance - at least, significant in our eyes), mankind would have 13 years to recognize our own patterns of self destruction. So it's now our responsibility to get our act together and understand the importance of living a more spiritual (and less destructive) existence. Why December 21, 2012? What could happen on 2012 that is so major to the collective conscious of mankind? According to the Mayan calendar, our entire solar system will come into alignment while cycling through our galaxy every 5,125 years. Since the dawn of the Mayan civilization in 3113 BC, a whopping 5,125 years will have passed, making the Winter Solstice of 2012 so special. It marks the end of the Mayan Long Count calendar. It does not mark the end of time. Will it be the end of the world ? You can read more about What could happen on 2012 on Http://www.thesocialpov.com