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Q: Why were the mayans called the Greeks of the new world?
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What year did Europeans and Mayans first make contact?

1502, 10 years before Christopher Columbuses discovery of the New World.


What was the Mayan religions like?

the mayans were obsessed with climate change. they believed in the gruesome practice of sacrifice of the human body. they could predict disasters of the future. even the bearded white man coming to the new world called the usa.


Who are the astecs and the Mayans?

The Mayans and Aztecs were both native groups from Mexico. They were both widely known for their artistic and architectural accomplishments. The Mayans though had impressed many with their discoveries in math and astronomy. The Aztecs had ruled central Mexico for centuries but that came to an end in the 1521 when the conquistadors came and took over. The conquistadors also took over the Mayans but it took close to around twenty years and even then the Mayans later rebelled against the conquistadors.


How many times did the mayans predict that it would be world end and what years?

AnswerThe Mayans did not predict the world would end. That recent belief has come about because of a mishmash of misunderstanding of the Mayan calendar, New Testament and Nostradamus. The proof of this will be on December 22nd 2012, when the sun will rise, the birds will sing and the prophets of doom will sheepishly look out their windows at a new day.


Is this true that everything will be finish in 2012?

No it is not. A lot of big scientists said it is just going to start a new calander and the mayans are old so dont believe what they had predicted. they dont know what our new world is about. nothing will happen at all. the world can only end when god wants it to.

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How and when did the Europeans learn about the chocolate?

The chocolate was brought from the New World to the Old World after 1492. After that the Mayans and the Aztecs of Central America had been Cultivating it .


What day was the world supposed to end?

The world was supposedly supposed to end December 21, 2012. Or at least thats what the Mayans thought. MORE: The Mayans didn't think the world was going to end. It was modern man who put this interpretation on it. For the Mayans it was just the end of a calendar and a start of a new one. Just like our calendar. We don't think that the world is ending each New Year.


Who were the Mayans against in the world war?

New Zimbabwe and it's tyrannical leader Reltih


Is there any verse in the Book of Hebrews saying the world is flat?

No, there is not. The Greeks did not believe the world was flat, and they wrote the New Testament.


What year did Europeans and Mayans first make contact?

1502, 10 years before Christopher Columbuses discovery of the New World.


Is the world is going to be destroyed in 2012?

no it's not true it's the beginning of a new age for the Mayans and a new calendar people just scare you so there you go it's not


What was the Mayan religions like?

the mayans were obsessed with climate change. they believed in the gruesome practice of sacrifice of the human body. they could predict disasters of the future. even the bearded white man coming to the new world called the usa.


What did the Europeans called America?

They actullay called them new world


What is the new world called?

America was referred to as the "New World".


How do Mayans selabrate whing stock?

Mayans celebrate the end of their calendar year by lighting new fires, dancing and making offerings to the gods.


What area is called the new world?

America was referred to as the "New World".


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