i wonder which season was the first one to be given a name
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also when did four seasons become the accepted standard number of seasons, i feel like that was probably relatively recent
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@Felthry If I had to guess, when Europe became prominent. Tropical climates only really have 2 seasons, wet and dry. Ancient Egypt had 3, determined by the behaviour of the Nile. I'm having trouble finding out what ancient China did.

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@KamareDrache I know four seasons feature prominently in chinese poetry and literature but i don't know about *ancient* china
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@Felthry That's why I'm having trouble, yeah. All my searches just turn up modern China regardless.

@KamareDrache yeah the question is does it predate european contact with china

china's a big enough place that it covers lots of climates, and i'm sure some of them have four seasons as distinctly as europe does, so it wouldn't be too surprising
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