BC in a date stands for Before Christ.
The term used now is BCE for Before Common Era, Before the Christian Era or Before the Current Era.
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bc : before Christ, ad : Anno Domini (which is Latin for "Year of our Lord"), bce : before common era, ce : common era.
The ancient capital was likely a city called Thebes. Ahmose I founded a new age for a unified Egypt with Thebes as its capital. The city remained as capital during most of the 18th Dynasty (New Kingdom).Memphis was the ancient capital of Aneb-Hetch, the first nome of Lower Egypt
bc comes first because bc stands for before christ
The 100th century BC.