Originally Posted by Daxx

I believe that it's how the mayan calendar goes.

Originally Posted by Yourface

We just celebrate at the new year, most people dont celebrate that it is a new year.
You have to start somewhere.

Originally Posted by YouDown

Human history started when the humans learned to write, it was more than 300 B.C, and after Cristo's death a new calendar has been writen, so whe celebrate not only a new year. Whe celebrate 1 more year of health, peace and many other good stuff that happened on ur life, and many others preffer to celebrate in a church so they can pray for their departed family members, so celebrating 1 year is much more than celebrating a new year, its like celebrating a new era and hoping for even better year.

Originally Posted by GenkiSudo

300 BC? not true. Thats too early. Greeks like Aristotle, Plato or Socrates are older than that and yet we have a rich collection of their works. (thanks to people like Averroes - look it up on wikipedia)
The first organized writings were *probably* produced around 3500 B.C... Back then they used cuneiform script.