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Religion was important to all cultures at some point in history, and in the history of the western world, life was centered around Jesus Christ for a long time, and they kept track of the years by counting the number of years since Jesus´s death. That is where the letters AD come from, they stand for after death. When anthropologists began digging up things that happened before Jesus was born, the most sensible way to keep track of the years in which they happened was to count backwards from the same reference point, and that is where the letters BC come from. They stand for before Christ. Although religion is not as central to our culture as it used to be, we retain the same method of keeping track of the years that was started a long time ago.
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∙ 13y agoPrimarily because of the main christian belief in many historians to distinguish the difference between the most major event in their history but just to relatively show the time with an event. BC is Before Christ and AD is Anno Domini ('in the year of our Lord')
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∙ 11y agoIt goes BC (counts backward) AD (counts forward) normal years (counts forward)
Example: 1000BC..... 500BC..... 100BC..... 5BC..... 1AD..... 100AD..... 500AD..... 1000AD..... (you can probably stop using "AD" by this point) 1300's..... 1900's..... 2000's..... etc.
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∙ 14y agoBC is used to refer to dates before the birth of Jesus and AD to the dates after His birth Answer BC= Before Christ AD= Anno Domini
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Is ad older then bc?
Okay Will AD is older than BC because AD is very old not like BC
Is 3000 bc closer to ad or bc?
It isn't a question of closer to ad or bc, it IS bc. 3000bc would be -3000ad.
How do you subtract BC and AD?
BC= negative number AD= Positive number
What does AD or BC stand for?
BC comes before AD on a timeline. BC or BCE means before common era, AD means "In the year of Our Lord."BC first AD after
What does BC and AD stand for in Greek?
BC is "before Christ" and AD "anno domini"
What is the BC AD dating system?
BC: Before Christ. Used for years before the birth of Jesus Christ AD: Anno Domini. Used for years in the reign of the christ. The current year, for instance, is really 2013 AD
How do you count BC AD?
The last date of BC was 1 BC, then the first date of AD was 1 AD, there was no zero.
Is ad older then bc?
Okay Will AD is older than BC because AD is very old not like BC
Why BC and AD?
BC : before Christ AD : anno domino
How many years are there between 30 BC and 30 AD and why?
58 years are between 30 BC and AD 30. The first thing you need to remember is that there is no year 0; the year before AD 1 is 1 BC. So the years between 30 BC and AD 30 are... 29 BC, 28 BC, 27 BC, ..., 2 BC, 1 BC, AD1, AD 2, ..., AD 27, AD 28, AD 29 29 BC through 1 BC is 29 years, and AD 1 through AD 29 is 29 years. 29 years + 29 years = 58 years
Is 3000 bc closer to ad or bc?
It isn't a question of closer to ad or bc, it IS bc. 3000bc would be -3000ad.
What happened in the time period between AD and BC?
Nothing. There was no time period between BC and AD. 1 BC was followed by 1 AD. There was no year zero or any gap between BC and AD.
What comes first BC or AD?
bc comes first because bc stands for before christ
Which one is further in time AD and BC?
Ad because bc started after
Is BC before or after AD?
BC is before AD (Before Christ) (After Death)
How do you subtract BC and AD?
BC= negative number AD= Positive number
AD and bc timeline?
BC - Before Christ AD - Anno Domini
