2006-06-19 04:26:52 · 10 answers · asked by jak4friends 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
The way it was told to me was that the ancient Greeks and Romans decided on one day each for the sun, the moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn and Jupiter, the planets visible to the naked eye. This actually is still reflected in the French names for the days and somewhat it the English names for the days of the week.
Lundi - Monday - Moon (la Lune)
Mardi - Tuesday - Mars
Mercredi - Wednesday - Mercury
Jeudi - Thursday - Jupiter
Vendredi - Friday - Venus
Samedi - Saturday - Saturn
Dimanche - Sunday - Sun
2006-06-19 11:06:19 · answer #1 · answered by provence 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because it works. As the year divides easily in to 365 days (with only adding 1 day every four years), it works well to divide it into weeks of 7 days. We could divide it by 5, but that would make 73 weeks, which is very hard to divide into 4 seasons (18.25 weeks). It works. It isn't perfect, but it is better than having leap weeks, or random "nothing" days.
2006-06-19 11:31:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if we did not 7 days then how would we say that saying I'm home 24\7, but realy I don't know I guess 4 days would be nice, but then the week would go by to fast
2006-06-30 20:14:21 · answer #3 · answered by reddogcudda 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cuz some dude looked at the patterns of the moon and came up with "MOONths" later changed to months, which were divided up into groops of sevens called weeks.
2006-06-19 11:36:34 · answer #4 · answered by just me 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the Lord made the Heavens and earth in seven days
2006-06-19 11:30:46 · answer #5 · answered by Who me? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats an arbitrary measure of time (days, if you want).
Our week organization is based on the planets and celestial bodies of the solar system: Monday (comes from moon), Tuesday (from Mars), Wednesday (Mercury),Thursday (Jupiter), Friday (Venus), Saturday (saturn), Sunday (Sun). In english it does not makes to much sense, but ins spanish (for instance) it's easier to see my point: Lunes (Luna, moon), Martes (Marte, Mars), Miercoles (Mercurio, Mercury), Jueves (Jupiter, Jovian planet), Viernes (Venus), Sabado (Saturno) and Domingo (Sol, Sun).
2006-06-19 11:40:56 · answer #6 · answered by edmundo_g 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because in the bible it says that God created the earth in 6 days and on the 7th he rested.
2006-06-19 11:31:34 · answer #7 · answered by nana4dakids 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why u only have 1 mouth.. not 3 or 4 ?
2006-06-24 15:13:06 · answer #8 · answered by girly_girl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because we use a version of an ancient calendar, thats like... really really old.
2006-06-19 11:29:04 · answer #9 · answered by Lynna J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is what it is.
2006-06-19 14:03:58 · answer #10 · answered by bddrex 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋