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If you were going to create a dating system (like the Julian one) and the known earliest Astronomical records dated back to 4713Bc then how anal retentive would you have to be to choose that particular date, why not just round off to 4500bc and make it easier to remember and to calculate? Man there are some weird scientists fixated on specifics. BTW, what astronomical event occurred in 4713Bc, who recorded it and how was it recorded?
Cheers, Dennis.[/quote]
The date was apparently picked as it was far enough back that no records existed before that. Why they chose 4713BC I don't know. Maybe someone else knows the reason this peculiar year was chosen.
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