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[deleted] t1_j6mdcf5 wrote

Reply to comment by Schnutzel in eli5 why do we use a 12 month calendar? by brybob19

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Schnutzel t1_j6mf516 wrote

The Mayan people lived in America. The Europeans who created the Julian calendar had no idea the Mayan people existed.

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Giggingurl t1_j6mfdql wrote

Then explain to me the big scare of the end of the Mayan calendar in 2012?

The Mayans lived in South America.

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Schnutzel t1_j6mft64 wrote

The Mayan calendar consists of various cycles (kinda like we have "cycles" - years, decades, centuries, millenia). One such cycle (bak'tun) ended in 2012. That's it. There was no big scare outside of some idiots and a few Hollywood movies.

And the Mayans lived in Central America, not South America.

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Giggingurl t1_j6mfwj1 wrote

No need to be sarcastic. I asked a legitimate question.

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BulletRisen t1_j6nuy3e wrote

I’m curious, where did you perceive sarcasm in his comment ?

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