The concept of a month derived from the amount of time it takes for the moon to cycle from new moon to new moon (which is roughly 29.5 days). The modern month has experienced changes from this original concept due to trying to fit a standard number of months within a solar year.
If you divide the lunar month into quarters, each quarter is approximately 7 days long. This is believed to be the origin of the seven-day week.
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