Religion

The convention of grouping days into seven-day weeks originated in ancient Babylonia. The scriptures of Abrahamic religions, which arose in the same region, also describe God creating the world in six days and resting on the seventh.

Göbekli Tepe in Turkey, built around 12,000 years ago, features T-shaped stone pillars weighing 10–20 tons each. It predates agriculture, suggesting humans first gathered not for food but for religious reasons.