At 10:25 PM 9/12/2003 +0200, jsand wrote:

>Hello PIC.ers,
>
>>
>>And to think, by now we could have metric clocks and metric calendars.
>>Lets see, would a ten day week or ten day month be more "natural"?
>>
>>John Ferrell
>
>This is *real* OT.., but whatever gave rise to the worldwide recognition
>of the 7 day week in the first place?

heavy judaeo-xtian roots, i'd be interested to see what the oriental history of calendars looks like.

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