Why Ethiopia Is 7 Years Behind the Rest of the World

Right now Ethiopia's calendar says it's 2019. The year has 13 months, New Year falls in September, and the clock starts at dawn. Ethiopia isn't 'behind'. Its year count goes back to Alexandrian scholars around AD 400, who calculated the Incarnation differently from Dionysius Exiguus, the monk behind the AD system, in 525. In this video we explain the seven-or-eight-year gap (and why historians still debate it), the 13th month Pagume, Enkutatash on 11 or 12 September, Ethiopian clock time, and how Ethiopians live with two calendars today, from the budget year to Timkat and the 2007 millennium. Do you use two calendars, or two clocks? Tell us in the comments. CHAPTERS 0:00 It's 2019 in Ethiopia 0:23 What you'll learn 0:45 The map 1:25 The missing years 3:50 Thirteen months 5:36 Ethiopian time 6:39 The Julian-calendar myth 7:42 Two calendars today 8:44 Outro SOURCES: full numbered list in the pinned comment. CREDITS Maps and graphics: The Africa Atlas, from Natural Earth (public domain). Images via Wikimedia Commons: AddisView: DaneyWiki, CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Sunset on the rising city, Addis Ababa - Flickr - jeanotr: Jean Rebiffé from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Ethiopian New Year Landscape. Photo Taken on September 11 2010 Ethiopian Calendar. Ethiopian indigenous flower "Adey Abeba" Sheeps seen grazing: Tewodros Kassa, CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Ethiopian New Year: Nati Tad, CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Ethiopian - Gunda Gunde Gospels - Walters W850 - Closed Three Quarter: Unknown Ethiopian artist (Walters Art Museum, W.850), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Ethiopian - Leaf from Gunda Gunde Gospels - Walters W850196V - Open Reverse: Unknown Ethiopian artist (Walters Art Museum, W.850), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Ethiopian - Leaf from Gunda Gunde Gospels - Walters W850208V - Open Group: Unknown Ethiopian artist (Walters Art Museum, W.850), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Ethiopian - Leaf from Gunda Gunde Gospels - Walters W8505R - Open Obverse: Unknown Ethiopian artist (Walters Art Museum, W.850), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Ethiopian - Leaf from Gunda Gunde Gospels - Walters W85061R - Open Obverse: Unknown Ethiopian artist (Walters Art Museum, W.850), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Priest with Manuscript, Lalibela, Ethiopia (3287493343): A. Davey from Where I Live Now: Pacific Northwest, CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Lalibela Priest: Waltatekie, CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Priests, Lalibela, Ethiopia (8178696316): Rod Waddington from Kergunyah, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons In Serapeum Alexandria 2: Leon petrosyan, CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Alexandria - Pompey's Pillar - view of ruins: Daniel Mayer, CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Meskel Adebabay Millennium: Vob08, CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Timket Ceremony Gondar Ethio: Jialiang Gao www.peace-on-earth.org, CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b..., via Wikimedia Commons Gondar Fasiladas Bath Timket: Jialiang Gao www.peace-on-earth.org, CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b..., via Wikimedia Commons Ethio Millennium (2141755100): A. Davey from Where I Live Now: Pacific Northwest, CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Ethio Millennium (2141758428): A. Davey from Where I Live Now: Pacific Northwest, CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Narration is an AI voice (ElevenLabs). The script was researched and fact-checked by people, and every claim is sourced. No AI-generated images. No music. #Africa #Ethiopia #AfricaAtlas