THE EVOLUTION OF THE CALENDAR
A PRESENTATION FOR SBIICM MUSEUM
THE CALENDAR HAS BEEN ESSENTIAL TO HUMAN BEINGS IN ALL CIVILISATIONS ALL OVER THE WORLD EVER SINCE THEY CAME OUT OF THE CAVES AND TREES
IN THE AGRARIAN REVOLUTION, THE FIRST WAVE , THE CALENDAR WAS USEFUL FOR
IN THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, THE SECOND WAVE,THE CALENDAR IS ESSENTIAL FOR
IN THE THIRD WAVE, THE INFORMATION REVOLUTION, WE SIMULATE THE EARLIER CIVILISATIONS AND HAVE TIME STAMPS
THE CALENDAR HAS EVOLVED OVER THE CENTURIES
CALENDERS ARE BASED EITHER ON SIMPLE OR COMPLEX ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS
LUNAR
SOLAR CALENDAR
ONE SOLAR YEAR IS ROUGHLY TWELVE MOON CYCLES
EARLY LUNAR CALENDERS
THE SOLAR CALENDAR IS MORE ACCURATE THAN THE LUNAR
EGYPT
THE ASTRONOMICAL EVENT OF THE STAR SIRIUS RISING WHEN THE NILE STARTED OVERFLOWING SUDDENLY WAS JULY 19 THE PIVOT OF THE CALENDAR
THE EGYPTIAN CALENDAR IS THE ANCESTOR OF THE MODERN DAY GREGORIAN CALENDAR
THE EARTH GOES ROUND THE SUN IN 365 AND A QUARTER DAYS
THE EGYPTIAN CALENDAR WAS A NATIONAL SECRET FOR 3000 YEARS
THE ROMAN CALENDAR WAS 355 DAYS LONG
THE CALENDAR WAS IN CHARGE OF A COMMITTEE CALLED THE PONTIFF MAXIMUS
ON THE ADVICE OF SIOGSENES JULIUS CAESAR INTRODUCED THE EGYPTIAN CALENDAR IN ROME
AFTER CAESAR WAS ASSASINATED HIS ADOPTED SON AUGUSTUS CAESAR CAME TO THE THRONE
AUGUSTUS CONVINCED THE SENATE OF ROME TO NAME THE MONTH OF AUGUST AFTER HIMSELF
ROMAN CIVILISATION COLLAPSED OUT OF INTERNAL ROT
THE ROMAN CALENDAR DID NOT HAVE THE WEEK AS WE KNOW IT
AFTER THE FALL ROME THE CHRISTIANS TOOK OVER IN THE FORM OF THE PAPACY
THE FALL OF ROME LED TO THE RISE OF CHRISTIANITY
THE HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR CONSTANTINE INTRODUCED THE SEVEN DAY WEEK
ANOTHER THEORY IS THAT THE SEVEN DAY WEEK COMES FROM THE SEVEN DAYS OF CREATION OF THE BIBLE
UNFORTUNATELY THE EARTH GOES ROUND THE SUN IN 365.242199 DAYS I.E. 365 DAYS 5 HOURS 48 MINUTES AND 46 SECONDS
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THINGS CAME TO AN HEAD IN 1582 WNEN EASTER CAME TEN DAYS LATE
IN 1582 THE CALENDAR THEY RECOMMENDED WAS INTRODUCED
THEY RECOMMENDED THAT A CENTURY BE CONSIDERED A LEAP YEAR ONLY IF IT IS DIVISBLE BY 400
ALL ROMAN CATHOLIC COUNTRIES ADOPTED THE CALENDAR
ENGLAND ADOPTED THE CALENDAR A CENTURY AND A HALF IN 1752
IN THE ENGLISH CALENDAR NEW STYLE( N.S.), AFTER 2 SEPT 1752 CAME 14 SEPT 1752.
IN 1792 AD FRANCE HAD ITS REVOLUTION
NAPOLEON THE TRUE INHERITOR OF THE REVOLUTION REINTRODUCED THE GREGORIAN CALENDAR FROM 1805 AD
JAPAN HAD ITS OWN CALENDA.RS
JAPAN IS A XENOPHOBIC COUNTRY
CHINA ANOTHER XENOPHOBIC COUNTRY ADOPTED THE CHRISTIAN CALENDAR IN 1912 AD
TURKEY IS THE SICK MAN OF EUROPE
RUSSIA WHEN IT WESTERNISED ITSELF ADOPTED THE CALENDAR IN 1918 AD
IN 1923 THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS WAS FORMED
THE BUSINESS PEOPLE WERE NOT INTERESTED
IN ANCIENT DAYS WHILE EGYPT AND ROME WERE BUSY, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ATLANTIC WERE THE ANCIENT MAYA AND AZTEC CIVILISATIONS
THE MAYAS AND AZTECS HAD ADVANCE D SOLAR CALENDERS
THESE CIVILISATIONS WERE WIPED OUT BY THE WHITE MAN TO OCCUPY THEIR LANDS
THE INDIAN CALENDERS ARE BASED UPON MUCH MORE COMPLEX ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS
THE TAMIL CALENDAR IS SOLAR
IN SUMMARY WITH THE WORLD TODAY AS A MONEY MARKET THE GREGORIAN CALENDAR IS UNIVERSALLY ADOPTED FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES
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IN 153 BC THE JANUARY WAS MADE THE STARTING MONTH
WHEN THIS CALENDAR OF 355 DAYS WAS CHANGED TO 365 DAYS THE MODERN RECKONING EVOLVED
TODAY TIME IS MEASURED BY ATOMIC CLOCKS
YEAR 2000 IS A LEAP YEAR BUT 1900 IS NOT
31ST DECEMBER 1999 IS A FRIDAY
THE TWO DIGIT YEAR KEEPS ON INCREASING 97, 98, 99 AND THEN SUDDENLY BECOMES 00
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