Mayan Number System Research Paper

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The Mayans lived in Mesoamerica and was home to them for 3,000 years. Until 500 years ago, the Maya lived in isolation from the rest of the world practice agriculture and hunting. As their culture developed the Mayans built amzanging cities, royal palaces, ball courts and temple topped pyramids. The Mayan later abandoned many of their cities in 900 CE. While about five million still live in Mesoamerica speaking more than two dozen dialects of the Mayan languages and practicing some of the old ways but the Mayan have come up with many great ideas Trade Network, Architecture, Calendar but one that really stands out is the Number System because of the genius it took to create, mental effort to learn, the scale for how many people used it, and