How are BC and AD used?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

Primarily 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')

Answer 3

It 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.

Answer 4

BC 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