How Did Our Ancestors Measure The Passage Of Time? - Mr. Murad Ali Baig (Historian, Author)
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Do you know, measuring time has always been an important endeavor throughout human history. People in the ancient times found different ways and methods to determine the passage of time. Today its quite easy for us to tell the date and time, but for our ancestors it wasn’t easy at all. For them time was written in the sun, moon and the stars. In the day and night. In the change of seasons. In this episode, historian and author Mr. Murad Ali Baig will be talking about the evolution of time keeping through the ages. What were some of the earliest attempts made to produce calendars across various civilizations? How time was calculated through different methods and devices? Why today most of the world follows the Gregorian calendars? Listen to Mr. Baig talking about all of this and much more!
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