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andres
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Message 16 of 21 (163900)
11-29-2004 11:57 AM


365 calendar
Ach so!!
So at least the romans (after J.C.) and the Egyptians before them used a 365 day calendar.
Thank you all for the information.

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jar
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Message 17 of 21 (163983)
11-29-2004 6:04 PM
Reply to: Message 16 by andres
11-29-2004 11:57 AM


Re: 365 calendar
The Chinese had adopted a 365 1/4 day solar calendar and a 29 1/2 day lunar calendar by 1400BCE IIRC.
Two oracle bones
Shang Dynasty in China
(c. 1800 - 1200 BCE)
Evidence from the Shang oracle bone inscriptions shows that at least by the 14th century BC the Shang Chinese had established the solar year at 365 1/4 days and lunation at 29 1/2 days. In the calendar that the Shang used, the seasons of the year and the phases of the Moon were all supposedly accounted for.
A link to some info on caledars from early China.

Aslan is not a Tame Lion

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doctrbill
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Message 18 of 21 (182534)
02-02-2005 9:43 AM
Reply to: Message 5 by Itachi Uchiha
11-26-2004 11:47 AM


jazzlover_PR writes:
A year has always been measuered as an the approximate time the earth takes to complete it journey around the sun the same way a day has been measured as the approximate tie the earth takes to complete a revolution on its axis.
It may interest you to know that prior to the 16th century, virtually no one believed that earth rotates and orbits the sun.
db

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Coragyps
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Message 19 of 21 (182539)
02-02-2005 10:40 AM
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02-02-2005 9:43 AM


And at the dawn of the 21st century, about one-fourth of the adult population of the US still thinks that the Sun orbits the Earth.
http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/seind04/c7/fig07-06.htm

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crashfrog
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Message 20 of 21 (182566)
02-02-2005 12:26 PM
Reply to: Message 13 by Rrhain
11-29-2004 3:23 AM


Re: Farmers
One should point out, though, that Caesar was killed just a few months after this.
Boy but he sure gave it his best, didn't he?
"Ok, we'll meet to kill Caesar on the 15th of March."
"On the old calendar, or the new one?"
"Oh shit! Curse you, Caesar!"

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doctrbill
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Message 21 of 21 (182624)
02-02-2005 3:56 PM
Reply to: Message 19 by Coragyps
02-02-2005 10:40 AM


That is really, really, sad. No wonder these turkeys look at me so strangely when I tell them that the Bible didn't fall out of the sky.
db

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