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								<td><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The seasons could be determined by examining the stars over known landmarks -- at first mountains and then man-made objects. These illustrations from the Beijing Ancient Observatory show the Great Wall as a marker, but seasonal observations were made much earlier than the start of the wall.</font></td>
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