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  2. Common Era - Wikipedia

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    Some publications have transitioned to using it exclusively. For example, the 2007 World Almanac was the first edition to switch to BCE/CE, ending a period of 138 years in which the traditional BC/AD dating notation was used. BCE/CE is used by the College Board in its history tests, [59] and by the Norton Anthology of English Literature. Others ...

  3. Anno Domini - Wikipedia

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    Since 1856, [40] the alternative abbreviations CE and BCE (sometimes written C.E. and B.C.E.) are sometimes used in place of AD and BC. The "Common/Current Era" ("CE") terminology is often preferred by those who desire a term that does not explicitly make religious references but still uses the same epoch as the anno Domini notation.

  4. List of timelines - Wikipedia

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    Maritime timeline (45,000 BCE–1994) Timeline of transportation technology (20,000 BCE–present) Timeline of railway history (428 BCE–present) Timeline of United States railway history (1810s–present) Timeline of the London Underground (1820s–present) Timeline of motorized bicycle history (1868–1986) Timeline of aviation (1700/1000 ...

  5. List of time periods - Wikipedia

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    Ancient history – Aggregate of past events from the beginning of recorded human history and extending as far as the Early Middle Ages or the Postclassical Era. The span of recorded history is roughly five thousand years, beginning with the earliest linguistic records in the third millennium BC in Mesopotamia and Egypt .

  6. 1st century BC - Wikipedia

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    The 1st century BC, also known as the last century BC and the last century BCE, started on the first day of 100 BC and ended on the last day of 1 BC. The AD/BC notation does not use a year zero; however, astronomical year numbering does use a zero, as well as a minus sign, so "2 BC" is equal to "year –1". 1st century AD (Anno Domini) follows.

  7. List of decades, centuries, and millennia - Wikipedia

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    Timelines of world history; List of timelines; Chronology; See calendar and list of calendars for other groupings of years. 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, and Logarithmic timeline

  8. Anno Mundi - Wikipedia

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    This created the Alexandrian era, whose first day was the first day of the proleptic [d] Alexandrian civil year in progress, 29 August 5493 BCE, with the ecclesiastical year beginning on 25 March 5493 BCE.

  9. List of archaeological periods - Wikipedia

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    4) Chalcolithic (c. 4000 – 2000 BCE). 5) Bronze Age (c. 3100 – 1100 BCE) see Indus Valley civilization. 6) Iron Age (c. 1100 - 500 BCE). i) Proto-history (c.1500 - 500 BCE) known as Vedic period. ii) Historical period after 500 BCE. East Asia East Asia Periods: Neolithic c. 7500 BCE Pengtoushan culture: North Asia North Asia Periods: Korea ...