The Maya lived in Central America and the Yucatan Peninsula. The Mayan civilization was an enigma until Mayanists deciphered their writing system. Now, historians know a lot more about their culture. The Maya used glyphs, most of which were animal pictures. This convinced people that they had a pictographic writing system, but it was syllabic. When writing, the Maya used some pictograms besides an alphabet of forty-four letters. These glyphs were soldered, or combined, to write words. They could also write words many ways, using the syllabic system or glyphs and many sounds had multiple symbols and some symbols could represent multiple sounds. Usually, dots and lines were used to express numbers, but their gods' faces could also be used. These many synonyms for words and numbers made their writing system complicated. Aesthetics were also important when writing. The placement of glyphs was not governed by rules according to how it was to be read, but by aesthetic consideration. They could also double the glyphs to look better, but it did not affect the meaning. Most Mayan inscriptions were made in stone, but they never simplified their glyphs.
2006-10-04 13:48:02
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answered by Anonymous
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the greeks used 24 the english use 26
is it just a coincidence that the maya use 2,426 ........ wheuwiau
2006-10-04 20:41:55
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answered by Grev 4
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