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Themanydifferent calendarsusedthroughouttheworldareallbasedon
thephasesofthemoon,ontherevolutionofEartharoundthesun,orona
combinationofthetwo.Thefirstkindofcalendaristhelunarcalendar,basedon
thephasesofthemoon.A monthis calculatedasthetimebetweentwofull
moons,29.5days,anda yearhas 354 days.TheIslamiccalendarusedinMuslim
countriesis a lunarcalendar.It has 12 monthsanda cycleof 30 yearsinwhich
the2nd,5th,7th,10th,13th,16th,18th, 21 st,24th,26th,and29thyearshave
355 days,andtheothers 354 days.A secondkindofcalendaristhesolar
calendar,whichisbasedontherevolutionofEartharoundthesun.Theancient
Egyptiansuseda solarcalendardividedinto 12 monthsof 30 dayseach,which
left5 uncounteddaysattheendofeachyear.A veryaccuratecalendar
developedbytheMayanIndiansinNorthAmericawasalsoa solarcalendar.
It had 365 days, 364 ofwhichweredividedinto 28 weeksof 13 dayseach.The
newyearbeganonthe365thday.Becausethesolaryearis exactly 365 days,
5 hours, 48 minutes,and 46 secondslong,however,a solarcalendarisnot
totallyaccurate,somanyculturesdevelopeda thirdkindofcalendar,the
lunisolarcalendar.Ina lunisolarcalendar,extradaysareaddedeverysooften
toreconcile!thelunarmonthswiththesolaryear.TheChinese,Hebrew,and
Gregoriancalendarsusedtodayarelunisolarcalendars.Kindoflogicalorder: _Review
Thesearetheimportantpointscoveredinthischapter.1.Every goodparagraphhasbothunityandcoherence.
2.Youachieveunityby- discussingonlyoneideaina paragraph.
- alwaysstayingonthetopicinyoursupportingsentences.
- Youachievecoherenceby
- repeatingkeynouns.
- usingconsistentpronouns.
- usingtransitionsignals.
- arrangingyourideasinsomekindoflogicalorder.
4.Therearedifferenttypesoftransitionsignals.Eachtypeispunctuated
differently.
Ireconcile:bringintoagreement