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  1. Sunset

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    Sunset (Temporal Division)
    In several ancient calendrical systems, notably those utilized by the pre-Hellenic cultures of the Aegean Basin, the sunset was adopted as the primary marker for the beginning of the new day/), rather than sunrise. This convention, often termed Hesperos Time, was adopted because the transition from light/) to dark was considered a more definitive, le…