CIVILIZATION
EGYPTIAN
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -It takes approximately 365.25 days for Earth to orbit the Sun-a solar year. We usually round the days in a calendar year to 365. To make up for the missing partial day, we add one day to our calendar approximately every four years. That is a leap year.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 45 B.C., Julius Caesar ordered a calendar consisting of twelve months based on a solar year. This calendar employed a cycle of three years of 365 days, followed by a year of 366 days (leap year).
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1582 Pope Gregory XIII, with the help of his scientists, made more changes to the solar calendar. It became the calendar that we use today. This calendar became known as the Gregorian calendar. Like the calendar that Caesar created, the Gregorian calendar set the year at 365 days, with a leap year every fourth year.