Ever wondered about where the names of the days of the week come from? You might have heard that the English days of the week are named after Norse Gods, which is mostly true; but do you know why? This video traces the history of the days of the week back to Ancient Babylon where the days of the week were named after Babylonian Gods who shared their names with various planets. This is why many Romance languages (French, Spanish, Italian, Romanian) have words in the days of the week that resemble many of the planets, namely Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Venus, the Moon, and the Sun.

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