Cradles of Civilization - The Lunar/Solar Calendar

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Amanda Iliadis
by DrDavidNeiman
published on 25 March 2017

The Babylonians developed a calendar based on the moon and sun cycles. The Lunar calendar was designed to work in conjunction with the solar cycle by adding leap months known an "intercalary" months.

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