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<blockquote data-quote="paradox42" data-source="post: 5820814" data-attributes="member: 29746">If a year consists of 8 seasons, but it's just two cycles of the usual four that we have on Earth, then that begs the question: why is a year two cycles of seasons instead of just one?The original purpose of measuring a year, on Earth, was specifically to measure the seasons so as to know when to plant crops. Why would people on your world decide that two cycles was a year, instead of one? It means they have two times to plant, half a year apart, rather than one time to plant, each year.So, is there something different about your seasons, the second time through? Why is it significant enough that the ordinary Commoners would mark the second cycle of seasons as different from the first, and call the whole thing of eight &quot;one year&quot; instead of just paying attention to when the planting season is like people did on Earth?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="paradox42, post: 5820814, member: 29746"] If a year consists of 8 seasons, but it's just two cycles of the usual four that we have on Earth, then that begs the question: why is a year [B]two[/B] cycles of seasons instead of just one? The original purpose of measuring a year, on Earth, was specifically to measure the seasons so as to know when to plant crops. Why would people on your world decide that [B]two[/B] cycles was a year, instead of one? It means they have two times to plant, half a year apart, rather than one time to plant, each year. So, is there something different about your seasons, the second time through? Why is it significant enough that the ordinary Commoners would mark the second cycle of seasons as different from the first, and call the whole thing of [B]eight[/B] "one year" instead of just paying attention to when the planting season is like people did on Earth? [/QUOTE]

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