What I mean to ask is that how did people coordinate day to day activities without a universal date and time system? And how did the current date and time system get implemented universally?
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Just like how you can navigate via longitude and lattitude, or you can navigate via landmarks you can organize your schedule with numbers (clocks and dates) or references to daily or annual events in nature (landmarks).
Specific time keeping doesn’t really matter when you’re a serf. Snow’s melting? Time to get the fields ready for the next planting season. Sun is at the high point in the sky? Let’s break for food.
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