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| a long period of time marked by a single cultural fature |
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| a long period of time marked by great events, developments, or figures. |
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| very old, or from a long time ago |
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| a word used to show that historians are not sure of an exact date; it means "about". |
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| a term used to identify dates that occurred long time ago, before the birth of Christ, the founder of Christianity; it means "before Christ." As you can see on the time line below, BC dates get smaller as time passes, So the larger the number the earlier the date. |
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| A term used to identify dates that occurred after Jesus's birth; it comes from the Latin phrase that means "in the year of our Lord." unlike BC dates, AD dates get larger as time passes, so the larger the number the later the date |
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| Another way to refer to BC dates; it stands for "before the common era" |
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| another way to refer to AD dates; it stands for "common era" |
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