As the name suggests, BC or Before Christ refers to the number of years before Christ was born. AD or Anno Domini is the period after Christ was born. BCE and CE stand for ' Before …

200,000 B.C. Homo sapiens, the first modern humans, appear in Africa. 62,000 B.C. Bow and arrows with stone points (arrowheads) are used. 30,000 B.C. Cro-Magnon man is flourishing, …

The terms anno Domini (AD) and before Christ (BC) are used when designating years in the Gregorian and Julian calendars.

In the modern calendar, we label all years with B.C. (before Christ) or A.D. (anno domini, or "in the year of our lord"). There is no "zero" year -- in this system, the year Christ was born is 1 …

See history, history by period, and periodization for different organizations of historical events. For earlier time periods, see Timeline of the Big Bang, Geologic time scale, Timeline of evolution, …

BC 是 Before Christ 的缩写，意为“基督诞生之前”，用来指“公元前……”，也叫“主前……”，如654 BC，公元前654年。 AD 即 Anno Domini ，出自拉丁语，意为“in the year of the Lord”，即“主 …

2024年10月24日 · "B.C." stands for "before Christ." The system labels years based on a traditional notion of when Jesus was born — with "A.D." denoting years after his birth and …

BC stands for 'Before Christ' and refers to all the years before the birth of Jesus Christ. The numbers go backward from year 1, so 500 BC is earlier than 200 BC. AD stands for the Latin …

2021年1月13日 · What do BC and BCE mean? The abbreviation BC stands for “before Christ,” while AD stands for annō Dominī, which translates to “in the year of the lord.” The lord that’s …

The letters CE or BCE in conjunction with a year mean after or before year 1. CE is an abbreviation for Common Era. It means the same as AD (Anno Domini) and represents the …