We all know
there are 7 days in one week and 30 (or 31) days
in one month. After you have a break on weekends
( Friday & Saturday ), you will have to go to
work or attend school again.....It is a very
common style of living at present. Sometimes you
will get tired of these routine lives.But have you ever
wondered why we had this?
People in
Mesopotamia has started using calendar. What they
was lunar calendar. They divided one year into 12
months. They make one months become 4 weeks and
there are 7 days in one week. They followed the
difference of the face of moon evey day to
decided one month. They used the name of planet
to name the seven days of one week.
- The god of
sun is "Sunday."
- The god of
moon is "Monday."
- The god of
May is "Tuesday."
- The god of
Mercury is "Wednesday."
- The god of
Jupiter is "Thursday."
- The god of
Venus is "Friday."
- The god of
Saturn is "Saturday."
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