It makes an even better job than the Gregorian calendar when it comes to approximating the calendar to the solar year.

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    And Christianity being a major religion in Europe which teaches a 7 day week, and I believe Islam in the east does the same. China also used the 7 day week at this point, too.

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      Very much so. They were never going to get the Pope on board, and without the Pope, they wouldn’t have had much of Europe on their side.