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Re:Londoner solves 20k-year Ice Age drawings mystery by thechao on Thursday January 05, 2023 @08:07AM (#34259100)
The 7 day week is a fairly modern convention; I believe popularized by the Christianization of Europe. The classic Roman "week" is 8 days. The Mayans (and most of mesoamerica) used a pair of interlocking 13 & 20 day "weeks". The Chinese used a 9 or 10 day "week" (xún).
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Re:Londoner solves 20k-year Ice Age drawings mystery by irrational on Friday January 06, 2023 @08:43PM (#34284117)
Genesis has a seven day week and was written down 1000+ years before Christianity came into existence.

But the Israelites probably got it from their Mesopotamian neighbors who had a 7 day week.

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