They met to pray, read the Torah, and learn Torah. Not just to "talk."
The reason they did this (and still do) is because many people work during the week and don't have much time to learn Torah, except on the Sabbath.
Synagogue and we still do it.
The Gurdwara is the place of worship for Sikhs (Sikhism)
It was built so people could practice religion and it was used for a meeting place.
Death announcements don't take place until AFTER the Sabbath.
In Judaism, the Sabbath is on Saturday (Friday sundown until Saturday after twilight).
rendezvous..............a designated meeting place
Weekly
The agora is the meeting place in Greece
where was the meeting place for the Sioux Indians
There is no special place in a synagogue called a "meeting place"
The scheduling of the Jewish Sabbath is completely unrelated to the moon, and takes place during all of the moon's phases. The Sabbath takes place once every seven days, on Saturday.
The Resurrection, which took place on Sunday. Christians honour that as their sabbath.
Rome's public meeting place is called the Forum.