Difference between revisions of "B.C."
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(BC or even BCE, is pretty standard in non-Western history, too.) |
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| − | '''B.C.''' literally means "before Christ" and is the dating mechanism used for older dates in human history | + | '''B.C.''' literally means "before Christ" and is the dating mechanism used for older dates in human history. However, due to a miscalculation, the calendar start time does not correspond to the exact year of [[Jesus]]' birth, which actually occurred a few years earlier. |
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