Analyze the Classical Maya civilization (250-900 CE) — Tikal, Palenque, Calakmul, Copán, Yaxchilán, El Perú-Waka' — divine kingship, Long Count calendar with positional zero (Mayan vigesimal independently developed), hieroglyphic writing system FULLY DECIPHERED in the modern decipherment era — per David Stuart, Simon Martin, Nikolai Grube, Michael D. Coe, and Stephen Houston scholarship
Exercise
Difficulty 3
~6 min
hist.g6.s.ex_36
Long Count Conversion
Prompt
Convert Maya Long Count 9.0.0.0.0 to its corresponding Gregorian date using the GMT correlation (December 11, 435 CE).
How it's presented
mode
manipulative
tool
MG-20
Answer criteria
type
computation check
correct
11 December 435 CE — late Classical Maya; contemporaneous with Late Antique Rome (~40 years before Western 'fall' 476 CE)
Hints
- Long Count: 1 baktun = 144,000 days = ~394 years.
- 9 baktuns = 9 × 394 = ~3,546 years from Long Count epoch.
Misconceptions to watch
- Confusing baktuns with simple years
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