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BC is a Christian expression that has become commonly used by many 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.
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What does 40000 BC mean?
BC means "Before the birth of Christ", 40,000 BC would be 40,000 years before Christ or about 42,000 years ago.
What does 2000 BC mean?
BC means Before Christ. Its method of calculating time.
How many years are between 3000 BC and 1100 BC?
1900 years.
How homer died on 750 bc and he was born on 800 bc?
In terms of "BC" years, 750 BC is 50 years after 800 BC because BC years count down from the year before, instead of up like we currendly do in AD. For example, if this year were 2009 BC, next year would be 2008 BC.
What year 100 years before 50 bc?
One hundred years before 50 BC, it was the year 150 BC!
How long was the BC?
If you mean that BC means Before Christ, it was 3.4 millions of years.
What does 40000 BC mean?
BC means "Before the birth of Christ", 40,000 BC would be 40,000 years before Christ or about 42,000 years ago.
What does bc mean in years?
before Christ. ad is Amano Domingi
What does 2000 BC mean?
BC means Before Christ. Its method of calculating time.
What do you mean by 6 BC?
6 years before the birth of Jesus Christ.
What does before Christ mean?
Events that happened in the years before Jesus was born - BC (Before Christ)
How many years ago was 2550?
If you mean 2250 BC, then it was 4261 years ago. If you mean 2250 AD, then it hasn't been yet.
Why does a girl smile at you?
bc they like u or there telling jokes about u
How many years is it from 321 BC to 272 BC?
49 years
How many years is 1550 bc to 1080 bc?
470 years.
How many years were there between3186 BC and 735 BC?
2451 years
What would ten BC mean?
Ten B.C. is 10 years before the birth of Christ.
