The Romance of the CalendarW. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated, 1937 - Počet stran: 351 A history of the calendar, from humankind first theories of time, to the Julian calendar, the influence of Islam, to the Gregorian calendar, the Chinese calendar and beyond and including the varying religious and cultural influences that helped shape the various calendars of today. |
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BACKGROUND OF CALENDAR HISTORY | 9 |
The Original Thought II | 11 |
Fatherhood of Time | 18 |
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