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The Mayans thought the world was going to end in 2012 because that's when their calender ended. What if they just ran out of paper?
It was a numerlogical superstition of their civilization. They believed that 2012, which adds up to 5 is the number of chaos
Also, archaeologists have found a stone tablet known as Monument Six. This stone tablet is especially significant because what is left of it contains the equivalent of the date 2012. The inscription on the tablet describes something that is supposed to occur in 2012 involving Bolon Yokte, a mysterious Mayan god associated with both war and creation. Although difficult to translate, the tablet suggests the wording that this god "... will descend from the sky" but there is no mention of natural disasters or other such events as seen in the movie 2012.
It should be noted that other inscriptions found at various Mayan sites give dates that extend beyond 2012. According to archaeologists, one even roughly translates into the year 4772.
That's a comon misconseption. They don't belive the world is going to end in 2012, its just that their calender went up to 2012. They never said anything about it ending its just that their calender extended for hundreds of years and it happened to stop in 2012.
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∙ 12y agoNot only does the Aztec calendar end on 2012 but also does the Mayan calendar. Many people believe it is because in many artifacts found in areas where Aztecs and Mayans lived, there have been signs saying that the civilizations encountered alien life forms (which they believed to be gods). Artifacts supporting this story tell that the aliens have told the Mayans/Aztecs that earth would end on 2012, so the Mayans and Aztecs made there calendar end on that date of Dec. 21(of course they didn't call it 2012 but you get it). This is well believed because aliens make sense since theories of exactly HOW the world would end would be from a meteor, aliens attacking like War of the Worlds, or an other worldly disease infecting humans and animals (Zombies maybe). This is just one belief, however. But don't worry. About a few months ago there was an article saying how the calendar was misread and the world WON'T end on 2012. In fact, it was off by maybe a few million years or so, or maybe not at all. either way we won't have to worry about it.
ALL THIS IS, IS BOLOGNA! SOMEONE SAID IT WAS GOING TO END ON MAY 21rst THIS YEAR!!!THEY WERE WRONG!!The Aztec's probably got tierd of working on it and quit maybe the Mayan's did to so.. THIS IS ALL BOLAGNA LIKE I SAID!!!
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∙ 12y agoThe mayans belive this because it is the end of one of the cycles on the Mayan calender. Many people thought the world would end in Y2K (2000), but as you can see we are still alive. Nobody but god will know when the world will end.
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∙ 14y agoThe Mayans stoped the calender because, they predicted that the world would end in December 2012.But scientists do not know if it will end or not but they thing it will.
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∙ 14y agoBecause they ran out of room on there piece of stone
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∙ 12y agoA common misconception.
The Mayan Great Cycle (a part of their calendar) comes to an end in 2012. It is also a new beginning.
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∙ 11y agoThey thought it was gonna end because they knew that the world would have YOLO and Swag and all the swag and YOLO people will die causing a mass world destruction
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∙ 9y agoThey did not, it was a modern hoax.
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∙ 11y agothey didnt
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When was 2012 predicted?
2012 was predicted by the Mayans because they did a very long calendar and for some reason decided to stop at the year 2012 so people think that it is the end of the world or something bad is going to happen
Is there such thing as the end of the world in 2012?
Maybe. Scientist found a calendar from the Mayans, and it is over hundreds of years old. The Mayans had a calendar and predictions about the world. Scientist discovered that the Mayans predicted that the world would end on 2012. Hundreds of years ago, the Mayans predicted that astronauts would land on the moon, and as many years passed by, we have astronauts that landed on the moon! So if their prediction was right, does this mean that their prediction of the world ending on 2012 is going to be true also?....
What will happen to earth according to the Mayans?
Nothing. The so-called 2012 "doomsday" is based on a misinterpretation; that's when the Mayan calendar "resets". Sort of like on December 31, when our own calendar "ends". The idea that somehow the Mayan calendar foretells the end of the world is laughable, considering that the Mayans apparently couldn't foresee the end of the Mayans 500 years ago.
Why did the Mayans create a detailed writing system?
The Mayans made both an alphabet and a Calendar so we could keep track of when the world is going to end or start. The Mayan calendar ends 2012. Some of us are generation X, some are Y. When Generation "Z" is over, the world will end. 2012.
Who invented their calendar first the Mayans or the Aztecs?
I think Mayas
What ancient civilization was a calendar which ends in 2012?
The Mayans.
Why did the Mayans end their calendar in 2012?
They ran out of ink.
Why the world will not end on 2012?
Well, the world ending in 2012 was some superstition, the Mayans wrote a calendar for every year before 2012. The world ending was some big joke because the Mayans didn't make a calendar for 2012, so people thought that that's when the Mayans thought the world was going to end.
When was 2012 predicted?
2012 was predicted by the Mayans because they did a very long calendar and for some reason decided to stop at the year 2012 so people think that it is the end of the world or something bad is going to happen
What Mayan calendar symbols mean?
IF ur doing about ur project about the mayans then this id not it am just doing dis to tell ppl to stop saying about 2012 why because am doing my project about the mayans and all i see is someone talking about 2012 doesnt anyone think that ppl r doing a project about the mayans
Why did the Mayans make the calendar end in 2012?
nothing about this particular question has been proven
Why do people say that 2012 is the last year of humanity?
The Mayans predicted on their calendar that the world would end in 2012
Will the world will end in 2012?
According to the scientist, they kind of believe so. They found an ancient calendar that belonged to the Mayans. The Mayans predicted that the world would end on December 21, 2012.
What about the end of this world in 2012?
The Mayans created a calendar that only goes out to 2012. Some people have interpreted that as saying that the world will end in 2012.
Why didnt the Mayans finish their calendar?
the Mayans did finish their calender it doesn't stop the calender is on a rotation, just starts a new one when this one finishes
What year did the Mayans make the calendar?
the mayans created the calendar around 613 B.C
Why 2012 year world end?
The Mayan calendar ends on the year 2012. Although the calendar does not say the world will ind in 2012 many people believe the calendar ends that year because the Mayans predicted the world would end that year.
