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Mayan Impact On Today's Society

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The Maya, through their unique religion, art, and traditions, impacted today’s society in many ways. The Mayan long count calendar was the most accurate in the ancient world, and it led to the 2012 doomsday prediction. In addition, the Maya also had a farming calendar and a religious calendar. While their religious beliefs may be questionable, without their fear of their gods they wouldn’t have dared to make the pyramids, temples, and palaces. Their architecture was remarkable for their time and was constructed in large part for their religion. Upon the surface of their building they wrote. Unfortunately, we were unable to read the writings because the glyphs that the Maya wrote in were among the most advanced in the ancient world, and weren’t
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