FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
MESOAMERICAN CIVILIZATIONS THE OLMECS TO CORTES
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The development of a written language
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The domestication of horses and cattle
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The use of a 12-month calendar
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The worship of a single, all-powerful god
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Detailed explanation-1: -Maya writing was in use in the Maya area from about 300 BC (when we see it in the murals of a site called San Bartolo in Guatemala) to the 16th century when the Spanish Conquistadors mention it in their reports.
Detailed explanation-2: -Maya writing was called “hieroglyphics” or hieroglyphs by early European explorers of the 18th and 19th centuries who found its general appearance reminiscent of Egyptian hieroglyphs, although the two systems are unrelated.
Detailed explanation-3: -While the Maya used their unique writing to record their history-including their mythology and the actions of their kings-on stelae, on buildings, and in codices (the plural of codex, which means book), one of the most important uses for their hieroglyphics was their calendar.
Detailed explanation-4: -Mayan hieroglyphic writing, system of writing used by the Maya people of Mesoamerica until about the end of the 17th century, 200 years after the Spanish conquest of Mexico.