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2012 phenomenon

The 2012 phenomenon was a range of eschatological beliefs that cataclysmic or transformative events would occur on or around 21 December 2012. This date was regarded as the end-date of a 5,126-year-long cycle in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, and festivities took place on 21 December 2012 to commemorate the event in the countries that were part of…

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Mesoamerican Long Count calendar

Maya references to bʼakʼtun 13

New Age beliefs

Doomsday theories

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Cultural influence

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2012 phenomenon

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related to Objections · 39
2012 phenomenon → Advancement, Archaeology, Aztec, Coe's, Colectivo, Commenting, David Freidel, Derechos Humanos, Florida Museum, For, Foundation, Great Cycle, Guatemala, Guatemala's Human Rights Ombudsman, In, It's, Latin American Art, Linda Schele, Mark Van Stone, Martín Sacalxot
related to Cultural influence · 20
2012 phenomenon → Apocalypse, Days, December, Decoding, Doomsday Preppers, Earth, End, In, Last Days, Mayan, National Geographic Channel, Nostradamus, Past, Seven Signs, Several TV, The, The Discovery Channel, The History Channel, The TV, The X-Files
related to External links · 18
2012 phenomenon → Apocalypse, Archived, Brian, Dec, December, July, March, Media, Public Discussion, Scientists, SETI InstituteAcademia, Skeptoid, Still Be Here After, The, Wayback MachineDunning, Wikimedia CommonsNASA, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2, YouTubeWhy The World Will
related to New Age beliefs · 14
2012 phenomenon → American, Archaeoastronomer Anthony Aveni, Aveni, Instead, Many, Maya, Mayanism, Mayanist, New Age, SETI, The, Themes, Unable, Western
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2012 phenomenon → complete fabrication and a chance for a lot of people to cash in

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2012 millenarianisminstance ofit was bound up with American concepts0.80text
and the belief in secret knowledge from distant timesinstance ofit was bound up with American concepts0.80text
placesinstance ofit was bound up with American concepts0.80text
David Morrison argue that the galactic equator is an entirely arbitrary lineinstance ofMaya cosmology.CriticismAstronomers0.80text
can never be precisely drawninstance ofMaya cosmology.CriticismAstronomers0.80text
because it is impossible to determine the Milky Way's exact boundariesinstance ofMaya cosmology.CriticismAstronomers0.80text
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David Morrison argue that the galactic equator is an entirely arbitrary lineinstance ofCriticismAstronomers0.80text
can never be precisely drawninstance ofCriticismAstronomers0.80text
because it is impossible to determine the Milky Way's exact boundariesinstance ofCriticismAstronomers0.80text

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