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- ↑ Vgl. Friedrich-Karl Ginzel: Handbuch der mathematischen und technischen Chronologie, Bd. 1 - Zeitrechnung der Babylonier, Ägypter, Mohammedaner, Perser, Inder, Südostasiaten, Chinesen, Japaner und Zentralamerikaner -, Deutsche Buch-Ex- und Import, Leipzig 1958 (Nachdruck Leipzig 1906), S. 123.