"Happy New Year!" Everyone will greet each other with these words as they meet each other over the next couple of weeks. But it wasn’t always January 1 that marked the new year.
At least 4,000 years ago the ancient Egyptians and Babylonians marked the changing of the year. In Egypt, the year started when the Nile River flooded, enriching (使肥沃) farmers’ fields with silt (淤泥). This happened at the end of September.
The Babylonians held a festival in the spring, on March 23, to kick off the next fanning cycle. The Babylonian celebration lasted for 11 days.
The date January 1 was picked by the Roman Emperor Julius Caesar as the change of the year when he established his own calendar in 46 BC. The month of January’ was named after the Roman god, Janus. He is pictured with two heads. One head looks forward and the other back. They represent a break between the old and new. The new calendar was in time with the sun and it has been used
A. on the first day of January
B. in the spring
C. at the end of September
D. at the end of March
"Happy New Year!" Everyone will greet
each other with these words as they meet each other over the next couple of
weeks. But it wasn’t always January 1 that marked the new year. At least 4,000 years ago the ancient Egyptians and Babylonians marked the changing of the year. In Egypt, the year started when the Nile River flooded, enriching (使肥沃) farmers’ fields with silt (淤泥). This happened at the end of September. The Babylonians held a festival in the spring, on March 23, to kick off the next fanning cycle. The Babylonian celebration lasted for 11 days. The date January 1 was picked by the Roman Emperor Julius Caesar as the change of the year when he established his own calendar in 46 BC. The month of January’ was named after the Roman god, Janus. He is pictured with two heads. One head looks forward and the other back A. everyone greeted each other with "happy new year" B. the Nile River flooded C. the Roman Emperor Julius Caesar established his own calendar in 46 BC D. the next farming cycle kicked off 我来回答: 提交
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