In the Maya Long Count, the previous world ended after 13 bʼakʼtuns, or roughly 5,125 years. The Long Count’s “zero date” was set at a point in the past marking the end of the third world and the beginning of the current one, which corresponds to 11 August 3114 BC in the proleptic Gregorian calendar.

The solar calendar would be the most useful in predicting the beginning ofrainy seasons because it was more about accurate observations and datarather than ritual ones which were based on beliefs.

Of all the ancient calendar systems, the Maya and other Mesoamerican systems are the most complex and intricate. They used 20-day months, and had two calendar years: the 260-day Sacred Round, or tzolkin, and the 365-day Vague Year, or haab. These two calendars coincided every 52 years.

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Today, 19:43, Thursday, June 10, 2021 (UTC), in the Long Count is 13.0. 8.10. 13 (based on the GMT correlation).

Mysterious Decline of the Maya One by one, the Classic cities in the southern lowlands were abandoned, and by A.D. 900, Maya civilization in that region had collapsed. Finally, some catastrophic environmental change–like an extremely long, intense period of drought–may have wiped out the Classic Maya civilization.

The 13th Baktun is the last cycle of the Mayan calendar, due to end today, December 21 2012. A Baktun is a period of almost 400 years. The date has been misinterpreted as the heralding end of the world, but descendants of the Mayans have insisted the calendar merely resets and there will be no apocalypse.

Scholars have suggested a number of potential reasons for the downfall of Maya civilization in the southern lowlands, including overpopulation, environmental degradation, warfare, shifting trade routes and extended drought. It’s likely that a complex combination of factors was behind the collapse.

Disease can drive human history In addition to North America’s Native American populations, the Mayan and Incan civilizations were also nearly wiped out by smallpox.

The Maya today number about six million people, making them the largest single block of indigenous peoples north of Peru. Other large Maya groups include the Quiché and Cakchiquel Maya of Guatemala, the Chontal and Chol Maya of Mexico, and the Kekchi Maya of Belize. …

Humans and the lords of the underworld battled it out by playing the game, according to the creation story the known as the Popol Vuh. In this way, the ball court was a portal to Xibalba — the Mayan underworld. There are even some depictions of ball players playing with the heads of the losers in place of a ball.

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Itzamná, (Mayan: “Iguana House”) principal pre-Columbian Mayan deity, ruler of heaven, day, and night. He frequently appeared as four gods called Itzamnás, who encased the world. Itzamná was also a culture hero who gave humankind writing and the calendar and was patron deity of medicine. (See also Bacab.)

13 heavens

Each level had from one to many Lords (gods) living in and ruling them….The Xiuhtotontli, gods of fire (alternative manifestations or states of Xiuhtecuhtli).

• Xiuhiztacuhqui, god of the white fire.
• Xiuhtlatlauhqui, god of the red fire.
• Xiuhcozauhqui, god of the yellow fire.
• Xiuhxoxoauhqui, god of the blue fire.

The Maya believe that the soul is bound to the body at birth. Only death or sickness can part the body and soul, with death being the permanent parting. To them, there is an afterlife that the soul reaches after death. With this belief, heaven became a paradise for many to strive for.