A.D. Means. Anno Domini. Latin for "Year of Our Lord"
It is becoming more popular to use CE (Common Era) in place of AD as the religious connotation is removed.
In either case the period is the supposed start of the Christian system of notation of years (1 to the present date is the period of time since the Christian "Jesus" birth.) Dates prior to this are labeled BC (Before Christ) or BCE (Before Common Era) and count backward to 1. There is no "0" year in either CE or BCE.
In 500-1500 AD it was the Middle Ages.
In 500-1500 AD it was the Middle Ages.
It is estimated that around 400-500 million people were alive in the world in 1500 AD. This would represent a small fraction of the global population compared to today.
It is recognized that many historians chose to use CE instead of AD. Or in some cases both are used such as 500 CE/AD. In either case, 600 CE/AD came after 500 CE/AD.
Yes.
1 year, obviously. If you wanted to know how far apart are 500 BC and 501 AD, the answer is 1001 years.
in 500 ad- 1700 ad
1501
2009-500=1509 years.
We currently use AD in current day. To determine how long ago a year which ends in AD is, you simply subtract the year from the current one. We will use 2014 as an example. 2014-500= 1514. With today being in 2014, 500 AD was 1,514 years ago.
The Middle Ages
The Middle Ages