Before clocks, people used the sun and stars to tell time. During the day, they watched where the sun was in the sky, when it rose, that was morning; when it set, that was night. At night, they looked at the stars, especially the moon. People even made big stones or fires to mark time! For example, if you had a fire burning all day and then it went out, that meant it was nighttime.
Examples
- A farmer knows it's time to water the crops when the sun is high in the sky.
- A sailor uses the stars at night to know if it's morning or evening.
- A child sees that a fire has gone out and knows it must be nighttime.
See also
- How Did the Pyramids Stay Standing for Thousands of Years?
- How Did Ancient Civilizations Count Without Numbers?
- Why Did the Roman Empire Fall?
- Why Do We Have Leap Years?
- How Did Ancient People Navigate the Oceans?
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