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Why did the Maya and the Aztecs develop calendars?

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Answer: There were two main purposes of the Mayan calendar system. The first one, the sacred calendar was used to keep track of religious festivals and calculate days for them. This function was performed by the 260-day calendar called Tzolkin.

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To track planetary and solar events to make most important decisions they had each year.

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