The Calendar (New Horizons)

Measuring Time

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The calendar is an indispensable tool for civilized life, allowing people to order the past, present and future and to record events

The calendar is an indispensable tool for civilized life, allowing people to order the past, present and future and to record events. Many cultures developed independent calendar systems, including the ancient Greeks, Romans and Chinese, and the Maya and Aztecs. The modern western calendar, accepted today as the global standard, is the fruit of a long and tumultuous history.
Extent: 144 pp
Format: paperback
Illustrations: 120
Publication date: 2001-10-01
Size: 18.0 x 12.5 cm
ISBN: 9780500301067
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Intensely readable … de Bourgoing weaves a rich, anecdotal line
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About the Author

Jacqueline de Bourgoing holds degrees in geography and serves on the faculty of the Institute of Political Studies in Paris. She is active with French television's History channel, for which she has produced a series on the history of the calendar.

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