Why is there only 7 days in a week?
You can thank the Jews for the weekend. In the Mayan/Aztec calendar They didn't have weekends - but they did have the "five useless days" after the winter's shortest days. - ( they had a base 20 number system). It was a whole lot easier to divide 360 than 365. they also have three calenders "wheels within wheels". The long count is the most accurate - it measures the Earth's precession that takes 25,860 earth's years - http://voices.yahoo.com/2012-maya-aztec … 52638.html - The so-called 'end' of the calendar is the Polaris is right now @ less than 1/2 a degree circling - looking stationary.
BTW - Why 360 degrees in a circle? Thank the Mesopotamians. They had a base 60 number system which we still use min/hour. and also knew about the precession - that's why that song"age of Aquarius..."
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