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It is fascinating that this unique system developed there. Cultures are a bottomless bucket of diversity.
by johnthuss 4y ago
It is fascinating that this unique system developed there. Cultures are a bottomless bucket of diversity.
- daveslash 4y agoAgreed. Perfect example of how something that one can take for granted as being 'obvious' isn't always.
- contextfree 4y agoIt was once in use throughout much of East Asia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Asian_age_reckoning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Asian_age_reckoning As an American, I remember first encountering it in a footnote to an English translation of the Tale of Genji.