Anno Mundi (AM, "in the year of the world") refers to a Calendar era counting from the creation of the world. An example is the Hebrew calendar which considers creation to have taken place in the year 3760 BC. This is based upon the Seder Olam Rabbah of Rabbi Yose Ben Halafta in the second century AD. The year 2007 CE, before Rosh Hashanah, is 5767 AM in the Hebrew calendar. Antarctica Oceania Africa Asia Europe North America South America Middle East Caribbean Central Asia East Asia North Asia South Asia Southeast Asia SW. Asia Australasia Melanesia Micronesia Polynesia Central America Latin America Northern America Americas C. Africa E. Africa N. Africa Southern Africa W. Africa C. Europe E. Europe N... A calendar era is the year numbering system used by a calendar. ... Creation (theology) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The Hebrew calendar (Hebrew: ‎) or Jewish calendar is the annual calendar used in Judaism. ... Michelangelos Creation of Adam, from the Sistine Chapel. ... Seder Olam Rabbah (Hebrew: סדר עולם רבה) is the earliest post-exilic chronicle preserved in the Hebrew language. ... Jose ben Halafta or Yose ben Halafta (Hebrew: יוסי בן חלפתא) was a Tanna of the fourth generation (2nd century CE). ... This article is about the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah. ...

AM was also used by early Christian chronographers. The medieval historian Bede dated creation to 18 March 3952 BC. The Irish Annals of the Four Masters gives the year 5194 BC Bede (IPA: ) (also Saint Bede, the Venerable Bede, or (from Latin) Beda (IPA: )), (ca. ... is the 77th day of the year (78th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... (41st century BC - 40th century BC - 39th century BC - other centuries) (5th millennium BC - 4th millennium BC - 3rd millennium BC) Events Civilizations spring up within the Mesopotamia region (around the location of modern day Iraq). ... Signature page from the Annals of the Four Masters Entry for A.D. 432 The Annals of the Four Masters or the Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters are a chronicle of medieval Irish history. ... During the 6th millennium BC, agriculture spreads from the Balkans to Italy and Eastern Europe and from Mesopotamia to Egypt. ...

The Aetos Kosmou is the corresponding concept in the Byzantine calendar, which dates creation to 1 September 5509 BC. Aetos Kosmou was an early Byzantine Empire and Roman Christian chronology system of measuring time introduced by Panodorus of Alexandria, Hippolytus of Rome, Sulpicius Severus, Annianus of Alexandria, George Syncellus, and others. ... The Byzantine calendar was the calendar officially used by the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire)[1] from 988 by Basil II until it was conquered in 1453. ... September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ... (7th millennium BC – 6th millennium BC – 5th millennium BC – other millennia) // Events c. ...

James Ussher (1654) dated creation to 23 October 4004 BC. Archbishop James Ussher (1581-1656) James Ussher (sometimes spelled Usher) (4 January 1581–21 March 1656) was Anglican Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland between 1625–1656 and a prolific religious scholar who most famously published a chronology which calculated the date of Creation as 4004 BC. // Ussher... October 23 is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... (6th millennium BC – 5th millennium BC – 4th millennium BC – other millennia) Events 4713 BC – The epoch (origin) of the Julian Period described by Joseph Justus Scaliger occurred on January 1, the astronomical Julian day number zero. ...

Related to this is the Anno Lucis of Freemasonry, which adds 4000 years to the AD date; and the Julian day number, counting the days that have elapsed since noon Greenwich Mean Time (UT or TT) on Monday, January 1, 4713 BC. Anno Lucis is a Masonic calendar system counting years from 4004 B.C. Often seen on certificates and plaques bearing the founding date of a building in years AD and years AL. The calendar was based on a schedule that was initially established by the the year of creation (4004... The Masonic Square and Compasses. ... The Julian day or Julian day number (JDN) is the number of days that have elapsed since 12 noon Greenwich Mean Time (UT or TT) on Monday, January 1, 4713 BC (in the proleptic Julian calendar; or November 24, 4714 BC in the proleptic Gregorian calendar). ... Time zones of Europe: Light colours indicate countries not observing summer time Greenwich Mean Time (Media:Example. ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 4004 BC redirects here. ...

The date inferred from the Roman Martyrology^[1] is 25 March 5199 BC, which is close to the date of the Irish annals mentioned above. A martyrology is a catalogue or list of martyrs, or, more exactly, of saints, arranged in the order of their anniversaries. ... March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). ...

Ovidio Robledo 09:12, 14 May 2007 (UTC)Taking into account the biblical writing, and assuming as year "Zero" the moment of the Creation, and going forward through the first chapters of Genesis and then counting back, with some possible error on dates, the creation took place on 4270 BC.

References

1. ^ Christus Rex.

See also

• Dating creation