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The ancient Etruscans developed an eight-day market week known as the nundinum around the 8th or 7th century BC. This was passed on to the Romans no later than the 6th century BC. As Rome expanded, it encountered the seven-day week and for a time attempted to include both. The popularity of the seven-day rhythm won, and the eight-day week ...
The reconstructed Fasti Antiates, giving the nundinal days to the left of its day list The Roman calendar as given by the Fasti Antiates A section of the remains of the Fasti Praenestini. The Etruscans also celebrated an 8-day week which may have been the basis of the Roman system. They supposedly used each day for royal audiences and councils ...
An eight-day week was used in Ancient Rome and possibly in the pre-Christian Celtic calendar. Traces of a nine-day week are found in Baltic languages and in Welsh. The ancient Chinese calendar had a ten-day week, as did the ancient Egyptian calendar (and, incidentally, the French Republican Calendar, dividing its 30-day months into thirds).
"Eight Days a Week" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles. It was written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon based on McCartney's original idea. [2] It was released in December 1964 on the album Beatles for Sale, except in the United States and Canada, where it was first issued as a single A-side in February 1965 before appearing on the album Beatles VI.
The Efik calendar (Efik: Ñwed ọfiọñ Efịk) is the traditional calendar system of the Efik people located in present-day Nigeria. The calendar consisted of 8 days in a week (urua). [1] Each day was dedicated to a god or goddess greatly revered in the Efik religion. [2] It also consisted of festivals many of which were indefinite.
For details of how to restore a book after deletion, see: Wikipedia:Books/archive This is a list of all subpages of Wikipedia:Books/archive on 5 July 2021. This is a almost complete list of books that were located in the book namespace, however a few may be missing as a result of moves.
The Babylonians invented the actual [clarification needed] seven-day week in 600 BCE, with Emperor Constantine making the Day of the Sun (dies Solis, "Sunday") a legal holiday centuries later. [2] In the international standard ISO 8601, Monday is treated as the first day of the week, but in many countries it is counted as the second day of the ...
Eight Days a Week" is a song by The Beatles. Eight Days a Week may also refer to: The Beatles: Eight Days a Week, a 2016 documentary about the touring days of the Beatles by Ron Howard; Eight Days a Week, a 1997 comedy film by Michael Davis; Eight Days a Week, a 1980s UK music discussion TV programme presented by Robin Denselow