Maya used place value and zero in mathematics.
The Maya civilization was a Mesoamerican civilization developed by the Maya peoples, and prominent for its logosyllabic script, the most sophisticated and highly developed writing system in pre-Columbian Americas, along with its art, architecture, mathematics, calendar, and astronomical system. The Maya civilization developed in an area that comprised southeastern Mexico, all of Guatemala and Belize, and the western portions of Honduras and El Salvador.
It was important because it supported the Hanseatic trade route in the Baltik and the canal needed to be built between major trading cities. This was one of the great examples of co operation across borders in the North Europe in the area of free trade.
In Peru and northern Chile, a coastal desert sits between the Pacific Ocean. The Parana, the Paraguay, and the Uruguay rivers joined together to create the second largest river in South America.
Well they had more familiarity with the area than the British
