How did the months of the year get their names? Why are there 12 months of 31, 30 and 28 days? Why is New Year in January? And what is up with leap year?

A History of Time - Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days & Weeks: [ Ссылка ]

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Time, it marches on relentlessly outside of human control. But humanity has long found a variety of ways to mark our passage through the eons. Seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years. But why do we count our collective journey through the ages in these integers? A day makes sense, that’s one rotation of the earth on its axis and can easily be marked by the rising and setting of the sun. And a year is one orbit of the earth around the sun, traveling through the 4 seasons again and again. But why 60 seconds in a minute, 24 hours in a day, 7 days in a week and 12 months in a year? Let’s look back through history to learn the varied origins of these odd measures of time.

I make mini documentaries about women's history and royal history:
Queens of the World: [ Ссылка ]
A History of... [ Ссылка ]
Royal History: [ Ссылка ]
LGBT Royals: [ Ссылка ]
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