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Author Restall, Matthew, 1964-

Title 2012 and the end of the world : the Western roots of the Maya apocalypse / Matthew Restall and Amara Solari
Published Lanham, MD. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 147 pages)
Contents Introduction: You really can survive -- The history of the end of the world : the Maya prediction -- They deserve better : the Maya evidence -- God is angry : the millenarian mother lode -- The Moctezuma factor : the end of the world comes to Mexico -- Apocalypto : the millennium comes to the Maya -- We are almost there : why people believe
Summary Did the Maya really predict that the world would end in December of 2012? If not, how and why has 2012 millenarianism gained such popular appeal? In this deeply knowledgeable book, two leading historians of the Maya answer these questions in a succinct, readable, and accessible style. Matthew Restall and Amara Solari introduce, explain, and ultimately demystify the 2012 phenomenon
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-139) and index
Notes English
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Subject Two thousand twelve, A.D.
Maya calendar.
Maya philosophy.
Prophecies.
End of the world.
Millennialism.
Civilization, Western.
Civilization, Medieval.
millenarianism.
RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Eschatology.
Civilization, Medieval
Civilization, Western
End of the world
Maya calendar
Maya philosophy
Millennialism
Prophecies
Two thousand twelve, A.D.
Kulturhistoria -- medeltiden.
Världens undergång.
Mayansk tideräkning.
Maya (folk) -- profetior.
Millennaristiska rörelser.
Form Electronic book
Author Solari, Amara, 1978-
LC no. 2021679530
ISBN 9781442206113
144220611X
6612985976
1282985973
9781282985971
9786612985973
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Two thousand and twelve and the end of the world
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