CONCLUDING SUMMARY.
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137. In taking a concise survey, the population basis is best for summing up the chronological principles, as it practically includes a geographical criterion,[1] which alone would he too arbitrary, and obviates interjected references to purely provincial calendars, Adopting the most recent statistics,[2] a table containing the following essential calculations can be constructed:—
| Continents. | Pron. of world's pop. | Predominant chronology. | Other styles current therein. | ||
| Europe | 3/14th | Christian | Jewish and Moslem | ||
| Asia | 8/14th | Regnal bases, fusli, etc. eras | Christian and Moslem | ||
| Africa | 1/14th | Aboriginal recks: | Moslem and Christian | ||
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1/28th | Christian | Aboriginal recks: | ||
| Polar Regions | 1/28th | Aboriginal recks. | Christian | ||
| America, S. & N. | 1/14th | Christian | Jewish and Moslem |
- ↑ What a vast advance there has been in geographical knowledge cannot be better proved than by quoting the opening sentence of the Geographia, written by Pomponius Mela about 40 A.D., which reads, 'Universus terrarum orbis in tres partes dividitur, Europam, Asiam, Africam.'
- ↑ According to Wagner and Supar, quoted in Gazetteer, p. 766.
