Mayan Technology vs. Egyptian Technology

The Mayans and the Egyptians had similar technological advances in their times. Their architecture was pretty close, both Civilizations developed a special building structure known as the Pyramids. Well, the structures were similar in appearance and were both built for the ruler. Both were shaped like a triangle, but the Mayans had different levels getting smaller moving up. So, they both developed a similar structure with similar reasoning. Their mathematical counting systems were pretty similar as well. Both systems used icons, but the Egyptians used icons fr more bigger number, and the Mayans used an icon for zero. They also both used lines, but the Egyptians line were vertical and equal to one, while the Mayans lines were horizontal and equal to five. The Mayans used a dot to show one, but the Egyptians did not use dots in their counting system. So, the Mayans counting system isn't so different from the Ancient Egyptians. Another technological advancement that both civilizations created was their calendars. The Mayan calendar was very accurate and could predict when the sun would rise or set, what time of day it was, even when there would be an eclipse. Their calendar had 365 days in the year, same as we have now. They even predicted the end of the world, 2012. The Egyptian calendar was based on the phases of the moon with 360 days in a year. Their calendar had three different seasons, each with four months. Each month had 30 days. The Mayan calendar and the Egyptian calendar were not so different, but the Egyptians didn't predict the end of the world, did they? So, to wrap this all up, the Mayans and Egyptians were not so different from each other. All people have the same basic style of thinking, they all think the same way.