> time was a Western construct That really doesn't seem to make sense as written. Even if for "Western" you count all the way to the Middle East (where much of

> time was a Western construct That really doesn't seem to make sense as written. Even if for "Western" you count all the way to the Middle East (where much of our chronometry originates), there's still a lot found in China and the New World. (From what I can tell, India does not seem to have a strong independent record here? Though they certainly borrowed from the inventors, just like Europe did.)