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<blockquote data-quote="Son of Butch" data-source="post: 1678675" data-attributes="member: 14585"><p>Very interesting questions.</p><p>Doubtful that any can explain in depth here, as a very complex study.</p><p>I'll give it a shot as to what little I know, but it's far from definitive.</p><p></p><p>AD BC calendar system was devised in 525 AD and it took a couple centuries to come into common use.</p><p></p><p>It is believed by some Jewish scholars that the Jewish calendar system became standardized at the time of the Babylonian exile, which on our calendar is about </p><p>597 bc. Others say it was in existence before then and that it was only the current names of the months that became standardized in 597 bc</p><p></p><p>I know nothing of the Chinese calendar system.</p><p>But Wikipedia says sometime between 771 bc and 476 bc</p><p></p><p>Undoubtedly the first people would have started recording time by counting days and nights. But it would have taken generations for them to even notice either lunar or solar patterns and then many years to observe and study them, before the light bulb went off... Hey - we can predict Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter by the sun and the moon and the stars.</p><p>But again they would've needed to count backwards using the number of days recorded that their father, grandfathers or kings lived to determine what year king A was born ect.</p><p></p><p>Hope that helps, it's about all I know on the subject.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Son of Butch, post: 1678675, member: 14585"] Very interesting questions. Doubtful that any can explain in depth here, as a very complex study. I'll give it a shot as to what little I know, but it's far from definitive. AD BC calendar system was devised in 525 AD and it took a couple centuries to come into common use. It is believed by some Jewish scholars that the Jewish calendar system became standardized at the time of the Babylonian exile, which on our calendar is about 597 bc. Others say it was in existence before then and that it was only the current names of the months that became standardized in 597 bc I know nothing of the Chinese calendar system. But Wikipedia says sometime between 771 bc and 476 bc Undoubtedly the first people would have started recording time by counting days and nights. But it would have taken generations for them to even notice either lunar or solar patterns and then many years to observe and study them, before the light bulb went off... Hey - we can predict Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter by the sun and the moon and the stars. But again they would've needed to count backwards using the number of days recorded that their father, grandfathers or kings lived to determine what year king A was born ect. Hope that helps, it's about all I know on the subject. [/QUOTE]
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