Ep 9 (Gumdrop): Where do the days of the week come from?

About this episode

Craig explores the origins of the days of the week and their historical significance.

Where do we get our days of the week from? Who named them and who decided their order in the week? And just why did we go with seven days rather than the far more rounded 10 day week? In this ‘gumdrop’ episode, Craig takes you back 4,200 years to where it all began - with those overachieving Babylonians.

People in this episode

Host: Craig

Topics covered

• days of the week
• Babylonians
• history

Keywords

• calendar
• timekeeping
• seven days

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Gumdrop

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