2006-09-11 09:34:20 · 5 answers · asked by Ruth B 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Every society had their own calender with diiferent days, months, years, etc.
So there was no commonly accepted year worldwide.
2006-09-11 09:37:13 · answer #1 · answered by fryeguy93 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Every nation had their own callendar, counting forward, like we do today. They would count years based on dates they assumed for things like the creation of the world, beginning of their own nation, the birth of some god, etc. When Jesus was born nobody cared to count years based on that. They whole world was under the roman empire and their year 1 was the foundation of Rome as a city or the first year of reign of the current emperor. Only centuries later, when Jesus became a celebrity the pope proposed that the whole world should count years based on Jesus' assumed birthday. We still use that, and it makes sense, because we are largely a christian-based culture.
2006-09-11 12:30:57 · answer #2 · answered by Zeke 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Often dates were very localized, and were from the date that the city was established.
2006-09-11 09:44:31 · answer #3 · answered by grandbendbeachboy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They usually calculated from the years of a king's reign
2006-09-11 19:23:43 · answer #4 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they recorded time by the falling and rising of the son and kept diaries on stone scrolls
2006-09-11 09:37:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋