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The Resume

    (circa 4000 BC- )
    Born in Egypt
    365 days
    12 months of 30 days
    5 extra days at end of the year
    In 238 B.C.E. a leap day was added every 4 years

Why Ancient Civil Egyptian Calendar might be annoying:

    Their month consists of 3 weeks of 10 days.
    It did not have a leap day and thus lost 1/4 of a day every year.
    Egyptian New Year's Day falls on August 29th or 30th on the Julian calendar.
    Egyptian farmers did not approve of a leap day every 4 years.

Why Ancient Civil Egyptian Calendar might not be annoying:

    Copernicus calculated planetary motion using this calendar.
    Some Northern Africans still rely on this calendar.

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