A Short History of the Modern Calendar

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SOURCES:

http://www.obliquity.com/calendar/

http://www.exovedate.com/a_history_of_the_calendar.html

http://www.calendar-origins.com/calendar-name-origins.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_calendar

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/newyearhistory.html

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0857113.html

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• new
• years
• calendar
• 2012
• rome
• gregorian

[dawgama4]

good video, cgpgrey style so I love it, subbed !

[jeremiahjw]

@dawgama4 Thanks. I wasn't copying CGPGrey's style though, I was doing stuff like this before I knew about him. :-)

[jamesPateMD]

Very Cool. I'll be subscribing. :-)

[jeremiahjw]

@jamesPateMD After Effects

[ojfoggin]

After he said "the 25th of a day" I almost gave up watch. 0.25 is one quarter of a day (I.e. one fourth) not one 25th.

[jeremiahjw]

@ojfoggin Yea...I sometimes mix up number and time measurements. *almost* say 0.25 instead of .25th...oh well.

[Eltoca21]

Very interesting but a little tip would be to talk a slower to allow people to absorb and think about what's being said...

[MrTalktothebear]

look up "pacing"

[SiliconBong]

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[Michael046145]

Really liked the video, learned a few things. I know you don't want to produce a 25 minute video, but it would really help the slower people such as myself if you didn't speak so quickly. great job!

[ekchasep]

If anyone finds your pace too fast - thats what RePlay is for! I LOVE LoVe your work. * Simply brilliant *

[d0dger91]

Fair does, you know your stuff... What a fantastic video :)

[WizFizz]

I must admit that I thought that about the Mayan prediction of 2012 being the end of the world being not a plausible idea. The Mayans would have had a different interpretation of dates and times.

[nyoke55]

A good try/start but some of your information is way wrong. For example, the current days of the week (as we know them) were not named after the Roman names of planets/gods, but rather based mostly off of Norse gods. If you are going to say that Tuesday is named after the god Mars, it might help to say that Tuesday in latin is "dies Martis". Do some research or at least make sure your information is presented more clearly. Also .25 does not equal 1/25.

[Goofmobber]

Very informative =)

[cyberwilkz]

yeah, please talk slower so I have a chance of understanding :)