As the worshipping of the Sun increased, the Sun's day (Sunday) advanced from position of the second day to the first day of the week (and saturday became the seventh day). Sunday. The name comes from the Latin dies solis, meaning sun's day: the name of a pagan Roman holiday. It is also called Dominica (Latin), the Day of God. The Romance languages, languages derived from the ancient Latin language (such as French, Spanish, and Italian), retain the root. German: Sonntag; Dutch: zondag.
Largest Desert in the World - Map showing the location of top ten largest deserts in the World by area in square kilometers. Sahara Desert (Africa) is the largest desert in the world.
A great portion of the world's deserts are located within the subtropics, due to the development of the subtropical ridge. Within savanna regimes in the subtropics, a wet season is seen annually during the summer, which is when most of the yearly rainfall falls.