Do you know what the Maya did? Or who they were? The Maya were Native American hunters and gatherers. They were best known for their writing system, calendar, architecture and their system of mathematics. They were one of the first cultures in the world to develop the idea of zero. The Maya lived in what is now known as southern Mexico and northern Central America including Guatemala, Belize,Honduras, Yucatán Peninsula and El Salvador. They lived in about 2600 B.C.
The Maya had three different types of calendars, the solar calendar, the ritual calender, and the long count calendar. They used these three calendars to do different things, the solar calendar was used for weather which could help with farming, the ritual calendar was
The Maya had three different types of calendars, the solar calendar, the ritual calender, and the long count calendar. They used these three calendars to do different things, the solar calendar was used for weather which could help with farming, the ritual calendar was