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From: steves@tektools.UUCP (steve shellans)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Counting years
Message-ID: <1408@tektools.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 25-Aug-86 18:08:21 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 25 18:08:21 1986
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Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR
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In western culture, we count years from the birth of Christ.
What event did people count from before that time?
In other cultures (today or ancient) what events did people
designate as year 0?
I have heard that the Mayan culture 'count' was into the
tens-of-thousands when they disappeared.  What conceivable event
could they have been counting from?

Is this topic of interest to anyone else?
Does this belong in some other newsgroup?
Anybody have any answers?

Steve Shellans
Tektronix, Beaverton OR
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