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Before clocks and calendars, people watched the sky to keep time.
Long before clocks and calendars existed, people watched the Sun, Moon, and stars to figure out what season it was. They noticed the Sun rising in different places, and since the patterns repeated every year, people used them to know when to plant and harvest.
Wristwatches and televisions did not exist back then, so those weren't options for tracking time. The sky was the only reliable, repeating pattern everyone could watch.
Ancient structures like Stonehenge were built to line up with the sunrise on the longest and shortest days of the year, showing how carefully early people studied the sky.
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