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Based on 365 days divided into 18 months, each with 20 days. The remaining 5 days where bad luck days.

The Xiuhpohualli

time measuring calender was used for the time to plant crops

Which was determined by

the sun and the moon

Today's

Nations

are trying to

reconnect

with the

Past

Aztec Mathematics

Counting on the Past

to understand the future

The Aztecs used two different calenders, one used for religious festivals

The other for planting of crops and harvesting

Such as arrows, hands, heads, and hearts

They used symbols to represent

their measurements of fractions

Thru Mathematics the Aztecs developed an ingenious aqueduct system

The Tonalpohualli

was the ritual calender

A 260 day calender, it

is neither lunar or

solar but rather

20 Ventas (months) with

13 Trecendas (Day)

Periods. Each controlled

by a different Deity

They learned to build on a lake through vast aqueducts and drainage systems long before the Greeks and Romans.

The Aztecs built an empire to rival the Greeks and Romans

Lines and dots, it seems so simple but yet so complicated

With hopes for a better tomorrow

Shells=0

Dots(.)=1

Lines(_)=5

They counted on a base 20 system, believed because that's the number of fingers and toes

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