Historical ancestors

Write about the reckoning of time used in any major work of speculative fiction (science fiction, fantasy), including the concept of “astrological ages”; do they themselves form a very long calendar?

The assignment Choose a historical or fictional culture which had a reasonably sophisticated way of reckoning time: a calendar. Some possible suggestions: The Julian calendar (of the Romans, named after Julius Caesar); the traditional Chinese calendar; Any of the Hindu calendars of India; Any of the Buddhist calendars used in Southeast Asia; the Hijra calendar […]

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