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The term Year Zero, applied to the takeover of Cambodia in 1975 by Pol Pot, is an analogy to the Year One of the French Revolutionary Calendar. During the French Revolution, after the abolition of the French monarchy (September 20, 1792), the National Convention instituted a new calendar and declared the beginning of the Year I. The Pol Pot takeover of Phnom Penh was rapidly followed by a series of drastic revolutionary agrarian socialism policies resulting in the Cambodian Genocide, whose death toll vastly exceeded that of the French Reign of Terror.

The idea behind Year Zero is that all culture and traditions within a society must be completely destroyed or discarded and a new revolutionary culture must replace it, starting from scratch. All history of a nation or people before Year Zero is deemed largely irrelevant, as it will (as an ideal) be purged and replaced from the ground up.

In Cambodia, teachers, artists, and intellectuals were especially singled out and executed during the purges accompanying Pol Pot's Year Zero.

References [link]

Ponchaud, François (1978). "Cambodia: Year Zero". Internet Modern History Sourcebook. https://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1978cambodia.html. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
Pilger, John (1979) Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia (Documentary)

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0 (year)

Year zero does not exist in the Anno Domini (or Common Era) system usually used to number years in the Gregorian calendar and in its predecessor, the Julian calendar. In this system, the year 1 BC is followed by AD 1. However, there is a year zero in astronomical year numbering (where it coincides with the Julian year 1 BC) and in ISO 8601:2004 (where it coincides with the Gregorian year 1 BC) as well as in all Buddhist and Hindu calendars.

Historical, astronomical and ISO year numbering systems

Historians

The Anno Domini era was introduced in 525 by Scythian monk Dionysius Exiguus (c. 470–c. 544), who used it to identify the years on his Easter table. He introduced the new era to avoid using the Diocletian era, based on the accession of Roman Emperor Diocletian, as he did not wish to continue the memory of a persecutor of Christians. In the preface to his Easter table, Dionysius stated that the "present year" was "the consulship of Probus Junior [Flavius Anicius Probus Iunior]" which was also 525 years "since the incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ". How he arrived at that number is unknown.

Year Zero (disambiguation)

Year Zero is the year before 1 AD used in astronomical calculations.

Year Zero may also refer to:

Year Zero (political notion), the dating of the takeover of Cambodia by the Khmer Rouge

Stunde Null, a reference to the first year in post-war Germany (1946)

Music

Year Zero - the original soundtrack, a 2012 album by Vancouver rock band Black Mountain

Year Zero (album), a 2007 album by industrial rock act Nine Inch Nails

Year Zero (game), an alternate reality game based on the album
Year Zero Remixed, a remix album by Nine Inch Nails

Year Zero (game), an alternate reality game based on the album

Year Zero Remixed, a remix album by Nine Inch Nails

Year Zero, a 2004 album by Glasgow producer/DJ duo group Slam

Year Zero, a 1996 album by Canadian alternative hip hop artist Buck 65

"Year Zero", a song on the 2013 Infestissumam album by Swedish heavy metal band Ghost

"Year Zero", a song on the 2002 debut by American rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars

Literature

Year Zero, a 1995 book of poetry by Brian Henderson

Year Zero (game)

Year Zero is an alternate reality game (ARG) based on the Nine Inch Nails concept album of the same name, its expected follow-up, and a possible accompanying film or television project. Although the album was released on April 16, 2007 in Europe, and the following day worldwide, the game has been underway since roughly February 12, 2007 and was expected to continue for approximately eighteen months. The game was created by 42 Entertainment, the same group responsible for the Halo 2 promotional alternative reality game I Love Bees.Trent Reznor, frontman and sole member of the band, has called the game "a new entertainment form". In response to criticism regarding the promotion of the album, Reznor stated:

Premise

Reznor said that Year Zero is a concept album, "could be about the end of the world", and marked a "shift in direction" in that it "doesn't sound like With Teeth." The 2006 tour merchandise designs featured overt references to the United States military, which "reflects future directions."

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