WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -It is their intellectual life that established the cultural superiority of the Maya over all other American Indians.

Detailed explanation-2: -It is a myth that the Maya invented the calendar. The Haab and Tzolkin calendars were already in existence, dating back to around 2, 000 B.C.; the Maya were simply one of cultures that used it. The earliest known inscription of a Long Count date is 36 B.C., at the Chiapa de Corzo archaeological site in Chiapas, Mexico.

Detailed explanation-3: -The ancient Maya writing system is complicated. It is logosyllabic, meaning that: some of the signs are logograms (a sign representing a whole word; for example, the image of a jaguar head means jaguar)

Detailed explanation-4: -The Days of the Maya Ritual Calendar These days have an invariable numerical code, which goes from 0 to 19. The 0 corresponds to Ajaw (Ajpu’), 1 corresponds to Imox, and so on, until the last day Kawoq, corresponding to the number code 19, to start over again with Ajaw.

Detailed explanation-5: -Finding Time in the Stars Observations like these formed the basis for their calendar; the celestial clock provided a reasonably accurate means of measuring the passage of time. The Maya made use of several interlocking calendars, though they likely didn’t invent them.