• Question: who made the years

    Asked by persionsupreme to Anil, Blanka, Cees, Emma, Mike on 28 Jun 2012. This question was also asked by nadona2001.
    • Photo: Emma Trantham

      Emma Trantham answered on 28 Jun 2012:

      Earth years are (just over) 365 days because this is how long it takes the Earth to go around the sun.

    • Photo: Blanka Sengerova

      Blanka Sengerova answered on 28 Jun 2012:

      But not all calendars have 365 days in a tear. There is a huge number of them, based on various religions and other aspects of everyday life. I know wikipedia is cheating a bit (and noyt always 100% reliable) but it does give you a good idea of how many types of calendar there are: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_calendars

      Our is the Gregorian calendar, introduced in 1582 and the one most commonly used in the Western world.

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