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<blockquote data-quote="Steampunkette" data-source="post: 8356946" data-attributes="member: 6796468"><p>So... Looking into Sumerian weather and calendars and stuff.</p><p></p><p>1) They had 2 seasons per year. Summer and Winter. Winter was cool while Summer was 110F and humid AF. Every spring and summer the Tigris and Euphrates would flood thanks to runoff from the mountains of Turkey where they started melting massive quantities of snow off. To the point where there was very likely miles of marshland along the rivers.</p><p></p><p>2) Their calendar was 12 months each with 30 days, for a total of 360 days. But. Months and Years were counted separately, sort of. You had a Lunar month named after what you Do in that month (Planting Barley Month, Shearing Sheep Month), but the 360 day calendar didn't match up with a regular solar cycle... So they added a month every once in a while, just to keep it fresh.</p><p></p><p>3) They invented Astrology, and the Roman names we associate with the signs are things that were added almost a millennia later. Guanna, Mashtabba, Dub, Urgula, Absin, Ziabaabba, Girtab, Pabil, Suhurmash, Gu, Simmah, and Kumal were their original names... Also I'm looking at doing 13 Signs and putting them on 28 day lunar cycles, instead of the 30 day months... So that'll be fun!</p><p></p><p>4) Kinda liking the idea of a Sundial with 3 rings on it kept in a community's center, and someone goes out every day to turn the dial's Day, Month, or Holiday dial based on what's needed. Sort of a communal timekeeping right near the well or water source.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steampunkette, post: 8356946, member: 6796468"] So... Looking into Sumerian weather and calendars and stuff. 1) They had 2 seasons per year. Summer and Winter. Winter was cool while Summer was 110F and humid AF. Every spring and summer the Tigris and Euphrates would flood thanks to runoff from the mountains of Turkey where they started melting massive quantities of snow off. To the point where there was very likely miles of marshland along the rivers. 2) Their calendar was 12 months each with 30 days, for a total of 360 days. But. Months and Years were counted separately, sort of. You had a Lunar month named after what you Do in that month (Planting Barley Month, Shearing Sheep Month), but the 360 day calendar didn't match up with a regular solar cycle... So they added a month every once in a while, just to keep it fresh. 3) They invented Astrology, and the Roman names we associate with the signs are things that were added almost a millennia later. Guanna, Mashtabba, Dub, Urgula, Absin, Ziabaabba, Girtab, Pabil, Suhurmash, Gu, Simmah, and Kumal were their original names... Also I'm looking at doing 13 Signs and putting them on 28 day lunar cycles, instead of the 30 day months... So that'll be fun! 4) Kinda liking the idea of a Sundial with 3 rings on it kept in a community's center, and someone goes out every day to turn the dial's Day, Month, or Holiday dial based on what's needed. Sort of a communal timekeeping right near the well or water source. [/QUOTE]
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