It would have worked if the rest of the world (or at least the major European powers) were on board. But since most of them were still ruled by kings, that wasn’t going to happen.
And Christianity being a major religion in Europe which teaches a 7 day week, and I believe Islam in the east does the same. China also used the 7 day week at this point, too.
I was responding to you saying humans seem to always divide by 7. It’s an interesting point you make that it’s been done for a long time but we are saying two things.
You actually made me think of something I’m gonna go ask the Hebrew specialist, did 7 days in the Hebrew Bible mean 7. I know 7 is their number for a lot just like 10,000 in Chinese. :)
A week is one quarter of a moon cycle. Basically we either have to choose solar or lunar and solar makes more sense because of seasons. Problem is we chose both.
I don’t think the french calendar would have ever worked, as humans seem to always divide their working into 7 day weeks.
It was never popular even in France, for a simple reason: the week became 10 days but the weekly rest day was still only 1.
It would have worked if the rest of the world (or at least the major European powers) were on board. But since most of them were still ruled by kings, that wasn’t going to happen.
And Christianity being a major religion in Europe which teaches a 7 day week, and I believe Islam in the east does the same. China also used the 7 day week at this point, too.
Very much so. They were never going to get the Pope on board, and without the Pope, they wouldn’t have had much of Europe on their side.
That’s a bold statement. This was a western invention that spread from Greece around the 5th century. Not always
It’s literally recorded in the Torah, which was at least 1000 years before that
The Torah is still in the west dog. You think the whole world is Europe and the Middle East? China divided them into weeks of ten.
Thought you were talking about in general, my bad
I was responding to you saying humans seem to always divide by 7. It’s an interesting point you make that it’s been done for a long time but we are saying two things.
You actually made me think of something I’m gonna go ask the Hebrew specialist, did 7 days in the Hebrew Bible mean 7. I know 7 is their number for a lot just like 10,000 in Chinese. :)
My lemmy client only shows the comment without context, so unless I have a good memory, etc.
lol, I have a horrible memory so I get you. Kind of you to explain! :)
A week is one quarter of a moon cycle. Basically we either have to choose solar or lunar and solar makes more sense because of seasons. Problem is we chose both.