Blog #6

From the area of Mesoamerica which spread from central Mexico to Central America, one of the civilizations growing was the Mayans. This specific civilization is one of the most important of all time and is still relevant today. They had agricultural technology, and practiced religion but their most important achievement was the development of a mathematical system and writing. They created the concept of zero and place notation and were capable of making complex equations. They also combined their math ability with night skies to plot cycles of planets, predict eclipses of the sun and moon, construct calendars and calculate the length of the solar year. Without these important creations we wouldn't be able to do what we do today. Math, although taken for granted is such a basic tool that helps many jobs put things together and is able to help humans develop into more advance times. We are also able to see and predict eclipses and we run on a calendar system, which helps us determine where we are in the year.