Time [4178]

Time

Need for: Seems that the passing of existence (animate and inanimate) can be divided or categorized many ways. Generally, calendars begin with some significant event or person. There was no calendar in the beginning. Creating dates for ancient times is a difficult and complicated science.

• Passing of experience
• Biological
• Solar
• Lunar
• Solar/Lunar
• Generations - families
• Religious calendar
  • Astez
  • Christian
  • Jewish
  • Muslim
•  

There is a history to the current calendar we use See MS Encarta "Calendar"

Implications of calendar

• Care needs to be taken in determining "end-times" based on our Christian calendar
• The ancients were not obsessed by dating accuracy as we are.

This lecture IS NOT complete

Last Updated 24 February, 2000