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| | Campaign for the New Time |
 | | The long count, of course, appears to be a purely chronological phenomenon, marking the count of days between August 13, 3113 BC and December 21, AD 2012. |
 | | The beginning of the thirteen baktun count, August 13, 3113 BC, 4 Ahau, 13.0.0.0.0, is as precise and accurate as one can get for a beginning of history: the first Egyptian dynasty is dated to ca. |
 | | 3100 BC; the Hindu kali Yuga, 3102 BC; and most interestingly, the division of time into 24 hours of 60 minutes each and each minute into 60 seconds, also around 3100 BC, in Sumeria. |
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