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How did peoples living near the equator in tropical environments know a year had passed without four seasons? How did they record this occurring?

by Renaissance1500

Searocksandtrees

Hi OP, you'll find some examples in this post Without noticeable seasons, did cultures that lived on the equator still come up with the year as a unit of time? If not, how did they denote long lengths of time?