GK
WORLD HISTORY
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Question
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Before Columbus
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Before Christ
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Before Christmas
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Before Confucius
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Detailed explanation-1: -"B.C.” stands for “before Christ.” The system labels years based on a traditional notion of when Jesus was born-with the “A.D.” denoting years after his birth and “B.C.” designating the years that predate his birth.
Detailed explanation-2: -B.C. refers to “Before Christ, ‘’ and the initials, A.D., stand for Anno Domini, which is Latin for “In the year of our Lord.” This system was devised by a monk in the year 525.
Detailed explanation-3: -AD stands for two Latin words, ‘Anno Domini*, meaning ‘in the year of the Lord’ (ie. Christ) . The year 2022, also written as AD 2022, means 2022 years after the birth of Christ. BC stands for Before Christ’, meaning before the birth of Christ. A time period written as 500 BC means 500 years before the birth of Christ.