User talk:Fassil Tassew/Editnotice

Paul D.R. Griffiths asked me questions and I answered as follows. 1)     How old is the Ethiopian calendar? There are three answers depending on three references: i)                    Before the birth of Christ, ii)                 After the birth of Christ and iii)                 Universal reality. With reference to before birth of Christ, it is 8005 years old. With reference to after birth of Christ; i.e., according to its present use, it olds 2005 years. With reference to universal reality, it is an eternal calendar of the tropics. 2)     When was it first used? Professor Ephraim Isaac asserted that Ethiopian calendar belongs to neither Julian nor Gregorian (1999 Ec). Empirically, I have compared and analyzed 68 years data of the Ethiopian calendar and Gregorian calendar (1932-1999 EC). My finding was that Ethiopian calendar belongs to the tropics, when the Gregorian does to the temperates. 3)      Which is the oldest calendar we know? This question can be answered with reference to the year 1582. It was the year when the Julian calendar was reformed to the Gregorian calendar. Therefore, Julian calendar is the oldest and Gregorian calendar which is in use is new calendar of the temperates. So that Ethiopian calendar is neither ancient nor new, because it is an eternal calendar of the tropics. 4)     Do you have any evidence on when a calendar was first used by our ancestors? The answer to this question varies: i)                    Where the source of human ancestors was scientifically discovered? Ardi (4.4 million years old) was the early human like ancestor found in Afar region of Ethiopia. Ethiopia ii)                 Where Christ was born? Israel iii)                When the Greece did discover the word ‘tropos’ which is called “tropics”. Greece. iv)               Where and when did Eratosthenes measure the size of the earth from its curvature or the circumference of the earth? In 200 BC in Egypt. v)                  When did Julius Caesar make the Julian calendar? 46 BC. Rome Finally, my friend Paul I must acknowledge the contribution you made towards the realization of discovering the tropics and rediscovering the temperates.