# Time as a cycle

Many traditions see time as something that returns. The Maya combined a 260-day count with a 365-day year, which meet again every 52 years, and wrote longer counts on top. A line and a circle both live inside most calendars. verify

Connects to:
- [Calendars](https://mapideas.org/i/ti_calendars)
- [Cosmovisions](https://mapideas.org/i/as_cosmovision)
- [Rhythm and polyrhythm](https://mapideas.org/i/mu_rhythm)
- [Is time a line or a circle?](https://mapideas.org/i/q_time_shape)
- [Ice ages](https://mapideas.org/i/ea_ice)

Sources:
- [Wikipedia: Maya calendar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_calendar)

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