So did middle american cultures in general; the Toltecs, Aztecs, Quiche, Zapotecs, Mixtecs, etc John
At 10:51 AM 5/13/2005 -0700, you wrote:
Hinduism has some interesting chronological cycles, the kali yuga, and even the expansion and contraction of the universe is noted as being the yogic breathing of Siva. Here is a rather lengthy page discussing this.. http://baharna.com/karma/yuga.htm
The Mayan cosmology also has a rather involved set of cycles i believe. http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/travel/ldumois/maya/ldmayanumbers.html
And here is a good article on the history of "zero" http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/HistTopics/Zero.html
I'm not sure what sorts of chronology other cultures reference in general.
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