They would have used the world around them not,
Use the light on a sun dial for time,
Use Harvest of certain Vegetables/Fruits for season
And lastly calculate all these things with their fingers and would have wound up with 2 seasons and 2 phases between them.
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Reply to Eli5: How did people know how long a year was in olden times? by Slokkkk
They would have used the world around them not, Use the light on a sun dial for time, Use Harvest of certain Vegetables/Fruits for season And lastly calculate all these things with their fingers and would have wound up with 2 seasons and 2 phases between them.