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Once you start counting time in lunar months it's an obvious move to divide the month in two halves, and then to do that again, and divide it into four. I wond
by ErikCorry 4y ago
Once you start counting time in lunar months it's an obvious move to divide the month in two halves, and then to do that again, and divide it into four.
I wonder how old the concept of a week actually is.
- thechao 4y agoThe 7 day week is a fairly modern convention; I believe popularized by the Christianization of Europe. The classic Roman "week" is 8 days. The Mayans (and most of mesoamerica) used a pair of interlocking 13 & 20 day "weeks". The Chinese used a 9 or 10 day "week" (xún).
- irrational 4y agoGenesis has a seven day week and was written down 1000+ years before Christianity came into existence. But the Israelites probably got it from their Mesopotamian neighbors who had a 7 day week.