Show Ethiopia Only Nation in World That Uses Month 13 Calendar OF ALL the countries in the world Ethiopia is the only one which uses a calendar of 13 months The Ethiopian year commences on September 11 except In years preceding leap year when It begins on September 12 as was the case in 1035 The year is divided dl di vided not as ours but Into twelve twelvemonths months of thirty days drays each and o one e of five eve days or In leap years six alx days Consequently the subjects of ot ottile the tile King of Kings hugs are always out of ot step as far for as the tile calendar r is concerned concerned con con- with the rest of ot the world This type of calendar cale however Is of extremely ancient origin Long before any other nation nallon had haa devised devised de de- de an accurate calendar the Egyptians had bad contrived one which took account of the true length of the year basing It upon the sun Instead of the moon as all other peoples had done dOllo Twelve months each of thirty days were set up and U the e additional five eve days were died distributed distributed dis dis- as extra holidays in convenient con con- convenient places throughout the year As a result of or this accurate and dependable dependable dependable de de- calendar by bl which the priests could definitely foretell the seasons J pt grew Krew to be the richest rich rich- est eat nation In the world |