CALENDARS

BCE

Date Place Event
4500

Egypt

Egyptian calendar regulated by the sun & moon: 360 days, 12 months of 30 days each.
3760 Judea 1st year of Jewish calendar.
3372 Mayam 1st date in Mayam chronology.
2772 Egypt Introduction of calendar of 365 days without adjustments.
2500 China Equinoxes and solstices determined: lunar year of 360 days changes to variable sun-moon cycle.
1000 India Lunar year has 360 days adjusted at random to coincide with solar year.
690 Assyria Water clocks used.
500 Babylon Astronomer Naburiannu determines length of lunar month.
46 Rome Adoption of Julian calendar of 365.25 days; leap year introduced.
 

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