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THE TWENTIETH CENTURYA World HistoryBy CLIVE PONTINGA John Macrae BookHenry Holt and CompanyCopyright © 1998 Clive Ponting. All rights reserved.ISBN: 0-8050-6088-XChapter One 1900The idea of the twentieth century is a Western, Christian concept.For most of the world's people 1 January 1900 was not the start of anew century. For many 1 January was not even the start of a newyear in their calendars. In China the calendar was still based on theemperor's reign, as it had been for at least two millennia. In theMuslim world the calendar started in the early seventh century ofthe Christian era. For Jews 1900 was the year 5661, in Thailand 2443and according to one of the Hindu religious calendars it was the year5002. Nine out of ten people in the world lived in the countryside aspeasants. They had their own rituals and calendars which were oftenonly vaguely based on the official version. Even the western worldwas not agreed about the calendar. Although purists might arguethat the new century did not begin until 1 January 1901, there weredifferences over what calendar to use. Russia and Greece still kept tothe Julian calendar, which was twelve days behind the common

Author

Ponting, Clive

Publisher

Henry Holt and Company

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9780805060881

Subjects

History, Humanities