History of Week

	Revision 23 . . (edit) December 11, 2001 10:10 pm by DavidSaff
	Revision 22 . . (edit) December 11, 2001 10:08 pm by DavidSaff
	Revision 21 . . December 11, 2001 10:01 pm by Karl Palmen [Correct 'Calendars' link]
	Revision 20 . . December 11, 2001 9:58 pm by Karl Palmen [Italicise days of week]
	Revision 19 . . November 20, 2001 6:52 pm by Karl Palmen [Replace erroneous sidereal year with Gregorian. Note whole number of weeks in 400 years.]
	Revision 18 . . November 20, 2001 3:37 am by Verloren [Added first day info, corrected sidereal day info]
	Revision 17 . . (edit) November 20, 2001 2:35 am by Paul Hill [Condensed Chinese tangent, cleaned early history a bit]
	Revision 16 . . November 20, 2001 2:12 am by Paul Hill
	Revision 15 . . October 25, 2001 6:21 am by (logged).123.179.xxx [*Added note about sidereal year.]

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Changed: 1c1

A week is a fixed period of days and although it does not rely on any astronomical basis, it is widely used as a unit of time. The week can be thought of an independent calendar running in parallel with various other calendar?.

A week is a fixed period of days and although it does not rely on any astronomical basis, it is widely used as a unit of time. The week can be thought of an independent calendar running in parallel with various other calendars.

Changed: 28c28

The 7-day week concept defined in the Middle East but is now used in most of the world do to the spread of modern commercial trade and bussiness. The word "week" is translated as "star period" in the Chinese, possibly based on some misunderstanding of the translators when the concept was first introduced to China.

The 7-day-week concept defined in the Middle East is now used in most of the world due to the spread of modern commercial trade and bussiness. The word "week" is translated as "star period" in the Chinese, possibly based on some misunderstanding of the translators when the concept was first introduced to China.