The Oxford Companion to the Year

Author: Bonnie Blackburn
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0192142313

The Oxford Companion to the Year: An Exploration of Calendar Customs and Time-Reckoning

What are the halcyon days? On what date do the dog days begin? What is Hansel Monday? How do Chinese, Muslim, Mesoamerican, Jewish, and Babylonian calendars differ from Christian calendars? The answers to these and hundreds of other intriguing questions about the way humans have marked and measured time over the millennia can be found in The Oxford Companion to the Year. Download The Oxford Companion to the Year: An Exploration of Calendar Customs and Time-Reckoning from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. br> The desire to set aside certain periods of time to mark their significance is a transhistorical, transcultural phenomena. Virtually all cultures have marked special days or periods: the feast day of a saint, the celebration of a historical event, the turning of a season, a period of fasting, the birthday of an important historical figure. Around these days a Search and find a lot of education books in many category availabe for free download.

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