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The Mayans used the sun, moon, and stars to help them create a calendar.
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∙ 10y agoThe Mayans told time using sundials that told time using the positions of the sun.
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∙ 15y agoPossibly the MAYAN calendar.Look it up on answers.com
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∙ 11y agoThe sun they found that the shadow was long at sunrise and that it slowly grew shorter until it reached a point when it stared to lengthen again.
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∙ 12y agoa calendar of 365 days
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When did the mayans create the calendar?
The made the calenders in 500 ad they were very good as astronermers.
What is the purpose of the Mayan calendar?
Aside from the Mayans use of a calendar to aid in farming, it may have helped them track 'holy days and festivals". There is no evidence that the Mayan calendar was the first one ever created.
How many alphabets did ancient Mayans have?
The ancient Mayans didn't use alphabetic writing. Mayans used hieroglyphics.
How do the Mayans use agriculture?
I believe the Mayans are no longer a viable society. Hence, they do not use agriculture anymore.
What were Mayans advances?
The Maya built a lot of pyramids and tall temples. They even knew how to make rubber in the 1500's! The Mayans were skilled road builders. They were able to create one of the most advanced road systems of their time. Mayans were also one of the first civilizations to develop a writing system called codex. They used their codex to record information in books made from the bark of fig trees. They developed a mathematical system based on the number 20. They were among the first people to use the number zero. They were able to build a solar, and religious calendar.
What did the Mayan's use to help create a calendar?
The Mayans used the sun, moon, and stars to help them create a calendar.
Did the incas make the calendar?
No. The mayans made the calendar and this calendar is what we use today.
When did the mayans create the calendar?
The made the calenders in 500 ad they were very good as astronermers.
Did the Mayans use leap year?
No, the Mayans did not use leap years in their calendar system. Their calendar was based on a 260-day cycle called the Tzolk'in and a 365-day cycle called the Haab'. The combination of these two cycles created a calendar round of 52 years.
Who made the calendar?
The Mayans, Egyptians, Babylonians, and Chinese all had calendars in the ancient days. The calendar we use to today was first developed by the Romans, under Julius Caesar (the Julian Calendar). That was modified by the Gregorian Calendar (named for Pope Gregory XIII), which we still use today
How did the Mayans use the calendars?
to help them tell which day it was throughout the year
What is the purpose of the Mayan calendar?
Aside from the Mayans use of a calendar to aid in farming, it may have helped them track 'holy days and festivals". There is no evidence that the Mayan calendar was the first one ever created.
What did Anasazi use to create their own calendar?
The Anasazi used astronomy *Your welcome*
Who created the most accurate calendar known until modern times?
the mayans made the first calenders until we got more advanced
Are aliens coming in 2012?
there is no evidence of it, the only thing signaling it is the end of a calendar that could mean anything from the Mayans getting bored after five cycles or believing that five cycles heralding the serpent coming down the side of their temple stopped them from needing a calendar carved any further, to them starting to use perishable materials for writing their calendar. The best way I have heard it described is, our calendar ends every year, doesn't mean the world is ending, just that its time to get a new calendar, and the Mayans were probably simply obsessed with astronomy like many other ancient cultures.
What is an agrarian calendar?
An agrarian calendar is a farming calendar. School's still use this type of calendar, it is based on planting, and harvesting. This is why schools had summer vacation. Summer was when children were needed at home to help with farming.
Who made up 2012?
The Mayans lol their calendar only went up to 21st december 2012 BUT they had a different calendar than we use today as there was no AD and BC nd they had difrent months so actually the world was due to end thousands of years ago
