Calendars Flashcards
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Lunisolar Calendar
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Calendar that follows the the solar year but uses the moon phases for its months.
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Intercalary Month
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Extra months added to lunisolar calendars to line up the lunar months with the solar year.
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Metonic Cycle
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A calendar cycle where 7 intercalary months are added over a period of 19 years in order to line up the lunar months to the solar year.
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Hebrew Calendar
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New months begin on the new moon; Festival of Passover and Booths start on full moons, halfway through their respective months.
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Modern Calendar
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Solar calendar with a leap day added every 4 years, inspired by the Egyptian’s solar calendar; months are named after the months of the Old Roman calendar; modified by Pope Gregory XIII to skip three leap days every 400 years.
