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    Why did the ancient Mayan Calender end on 21-12-2012?

    What happened to the Mayan Indians later when the calender ended?

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    0  Views: 977 Answers: 1 Posted: 11 years ago
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      The Mayan people were all but wiped out by religious persecution. The invading Spaniards who followed the Christian ways and had a problem with the Mayan beliefs as they did not believe in the Christian God. Those who survived went into seclusion to practice in secret. We do not know for a fact that the calendar ended. It may still exist but only in secret in order to protect it. The hoopla over the last known calendar was a marketing ploy to get people to buy the books about the ending of the world which is NOT going to happen. 

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