The Maya used two calendars; the 260 day sacred round and the 365 day vague calendar. The first was for tracking social, cultural, celestial, and religious events. The second, a solar calendar, was used for plotting agricultural planting and harvesting schedules. The Maya calendar is the most complex of the ancient calendars.
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Capsicum annuum - Bell peppers are produced in a variety of colors including red, green, yellow, orange, white, brown, and purple. Peppers were first cultivated in Mexico and Central America. Despite the name, there is no relationship between bell peppers and the black or white pepper used for flavoring foods. Cristóbal Colón brought dried bell peppers back to Europe and the name “pepper” was attached to the plant because it had a spicy taste similar to the crushed seeds of Piper nigrum, common table pepper.
