Y its not 8 or 9.??!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2006-07-04 00:09:14 · 10 answers · asked by khaled_enbaya 2 in Dining Out ➔ United States ➔ New York City
It is conjectured that the seven day week as we know it was developed by the Babylonians over 3000 years ago. Historians believe that the Babylonians were avid astronomers. They based many of their mathematical systems (including their calculations of time) on the movement of the heavenly bodies. The first convenient division of time to be devised (after the day) was the month because it could be tracked by observing the cycles of the moon. It was at some point deemed convenient by Babylonian scholars to find a division of time greater than the day and shorter than the month. The big problem was that a cycle of the moon lasted about 29 and a half days. No round number of days divides evenly into 29 and a half - 4 was the best division they could find. So they went with the seven day week and worried about the loose change of extra days later.
Throughout the world various systems for the week had developed. The most popular competition for the seven day week was the 10 day week. Yet the ten day week proved to be too long for those looking forward to the weekend. Besides, adoption of the seven day week by the Hebrews would ensure its longevity over other forms; during the early Christian Era it grew in popularity with the popularity of both Judaism and Christianity. The Christians converted the Romans and the Romans forcibly converted the remainder of the civilized world. In this way the creation story, where God creates the universe in six days and then rests on the seventh, became a model for the activities of all mankind.
2006-07-05 03:37:29 · answer #1 · answered by bill45310252 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That's the way the Good Lord wanted it to be - and He knows best!
2006-07-05 10:16:07 · answer #2 · answered by Topez 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because it cannot be 6 or 8 , thats why my dear friend
2006-07-04 07:19:57 · answer #3 · answered by bomb 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because human beings, like you and I, decided on it. Just like human beings, like you and I, wrote and made up the Bible stories....
2006-07-04 21:53:15 · answer #4 · answered by Evil Wordmonger, LTD LOL 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What does this have to do with dining out?
2006-07-05 08:59:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ooh..cmon, don tell me that u don no that from tomorrow onwards its goin to b 10 so have fun
2006-07-04 07:13:45 · answer #6 · answered by lini v 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What kind of question is that
2006-07-05 11:32:35 · answer #7 · answered by kacy m 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why is this in the dining out section?!?
2006-07-04 23:35:26 · answer #8 · answered by peanutflutter 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
who knows!
2006-07-04 15:07:21 · answer #9 · answered by lou 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because god created the world in six days and rested on the seventh duh
2006-07-04 20:45:47 · answer #10 · answered by crazygurl 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋