S- Socially, they used the calendar to know and keep track of the days of the year and their plantings, ceremonials, harvesting, feasting and trading.
E- Because the calendar helped them determine when to harvest and plant, there was more food and the economy went up because they had more to sell. C- Culturally, it helps explain the Aztec civilization because the inner ring of the calendar showed the 18 feasts they celebrated throughout the year in Tenochtitlan. R- It was religious because they believed that if they sacrificed people their gods will keep the sun shining and their crops growing, it “proved” to them that their beliefs were true. |
The Mayans had a calendar too, just like the Aztecs. This calendar determined their seasons, days, weeks, months and when the year ended exactly. This Mayan calendar was adopted by the Aztecs, so obviously they were both the same shape but they changed the name of the days and info.
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