Show THE WORLDS MOST NOTED RAS ERAS E 4 few words in tile the english language mean at once so much and so little as the word era P it itis as applied now to almost everything under the sun that is capable of being developed thus we hear of tile the era of electricity the era of labor unionism tile the era of the automobile tile the era bithe subway a and nd the fie era of the skyscraper properly speaking however the era denotes a historical period and of these the following are the more important the era ea of abraham began october 1 B 0 2016 2010 the era of augustus began in the year of rome twenty sevin years before the he christian era the era of tyre began B 0 in the year of rome and I 1 in the of the or grecian era crai the era of 0 antioch fixed the cr creation B C after however however it coincided with the alexandrian era era the era of tile tho hegira dates from the night flight of mohammed fro fda 1 m mecca to medina on the or 1601 of july A D the chinese era begins B 0 2277 but since the year B C chinese writers have dated the yar year from the accession of the reigning emperor the caesarean era of antioch wis was instituted in consequence of tho the victory of pharsalia Phar salia gained by julius caesar in tile the year of rome and B C 48 the era of nabo bonassar lo nassar began february 26 B BC C it lasted until the alexander the great and was brought down to the reign of Antoni antoninus nug pius the hindu era is quite complicated and its elucidation has given r rise ise to much controversy the current era tho the fourth of the worlds existence the kal b began gan B C tho the french republic lid era began september 22 1792 the republican calendar 6 r was first used on the of no november vember 1793 and was discontinued t december 31 1805 when the georgian was resumed the persian era bedamon began on tile the accession of king to the throne neof of persia juno june 16 A D the tha persian year was readjusted in A D 1075 and tile the system continues to tile ho present time the jewish era was adopted in tile the fifteenth century tho the jews duto date from the creation of ua the 13 world which they consider to have taken place years and three months before the commencement roen men cement of the christian era the alexandrian era of the creation of the world was fixed at years before christ so that A D 1 corresponds with the alexandrian year of the crea creation tiOu this computation was continued until the year A 1 D but in A D ten years were subtracted the era of spain began at tile the conquest of anat country by augustus Lr ustus B 0 38 it was adopted iti in portugal africa and the southern provinces of france it was wag abolished in catalonia in 1180 in G agon 1350 in valencia in 1358 and in castile in 1393 but it prevailed in portugal as late as 1415 or 1422 the grecian Ire cian era commences in mil qin the rome twel twelve va bears ears after the death of alexander B C this era is still in use tise among almost all the people of the lovant levant tho the jews when they became subject to tho the kings of syria adopted it and did not abandon it for the one now used by them until within tile the last four hundred years the era of constantinople which was adopted in that city before the middle of the seventh century likewise commences with the creation of tile the world which is aisig assigned arned to B 0 the russians followed this calculation until the reign of peter the great having received it from the greek church by which it is still used |