Can someone please answer these history questions?

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1. Why do the Mayans think the world is going to end in 2012?

2. Where did the idea of the Trojan horse come from?

3. In Egypt, what do pyramids represent?
 
1.) Don't know

2.) The Trojan Horse is mentioned by Homer in the Odyssey and describes the stratagem that allowed the Greeks to penetrate the citadel of Troy and sack the city. Homer attributes the idea to Odysseus who is said to have the greatest mind of all the Greek captains.

3) The Pyramids is a device used by the Pharaohs of Egypt to obtain immortality. Firstly it is a visible monument to their reign, which people who come after them will always see and thus remember there name. Secondly some believe that the soul of the dead king beneath would climb to the apex of the pyramid and join with the sun God Re as he passed overhead.
 
1. The Mayans calendar goes up to the year 2012 but they're calender was bound to come to an end.

2. The Trojan Horse refers to the stratagem that allowed the Greeks to finally enter the city of Troy during the Trojan War.

3. The pyramids in Egypt represent the pharoahs that lie there and hope.
 
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