BC is a Christian expression that has become commonly used by millions of people, especially in western cultures like North America, Europe, and Latin America. It stands for "Before Christ." It uses the birth of Jesus as the 0 point when counting the years, so that before he was born is BC and after he was born is referred to as AD (Latin for "in the year of our Lord").
It should be noted that some modern scholars object to using Christian religious belief to mark time (Jesus was not born in the year 0, and not everyone believes he was the "Christ"). Thus, some people prefer to use a more neutral term: BCE (Before the Common Era) and CE (Common Era). In other words, we commonly accept that this is the year 2012, even though we know the world is much older than just 2012 years.
BC is a Christian expression that has become commonly used by millions of people, especially in western cultures like North America, Europe, and Latin America. It stands for "Before Christ." It uses the birth of Jesus as the 0 point when counting the years, so that before he was born is BC and after he was born is referred to as AD (Latin for "in the year of our Lord").
It should be noted that some modern scholars object to using Christian religious belief to mark time (Jesus was not born in the year 0, and not everyone believes he was the "Christ"). Thus, some people prefer to use a more neutral term: BCE (Before the Common Era) and CE (Common Era). In other words, we commonly accept that this is the year 2012, even though we know the world is much older than just 2012 years.
If you mean that BC means Before Christ, it was 3.4 millions of years.
BC means "Before the birth of Christ", 40,000 BC would be 40,000 years before Christ or about 42,000 years ago.
before Christ. ad is Amano Domingi
BC means Before Christ. Its method of calculating time.
6 years before the birth of Jesus Christ.
Events that happened in the years before Jesus was born - BC (Before Christ)
If you mean 2250 BC, then it was 4261 years ago. If you mean 2250 AD, then it hasn't been yet.
49 years
2451 years
470 years.
Ten B.C. is 10 years before the birth of Christ.
Four thousand years before the birth of Christ.