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Who's birth is the major historical event that divides the timeline into 2 parts?
Christ
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What are the 2 timeline parts?
AD and BC
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What does BC mean?
Before Christ
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Sometimes, BC is called BCE, what does BCE mean?
Before Common Era
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What does AD stand for?
Anno Domini- This is latin for "in the year of our Lord.
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What does CE mean?
Common Era
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What does Circa mean?
around or about (c. is the abbreviation).
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When reading BC dates, the numbers that are larger are_______ ago in history?
longer
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When reading BC dates, which numbers are closer to Christ's birth & earlier in time?
smaller
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When reading AD dates, the _______ the number the later that time is in history.
larger
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When reading AD dates, the _________ the number the closer it is to Christ's birth & earlier in time.
smaller
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What do you add to the dates before Christ's birth?
BC
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Which era was developed by an Italian monk?
Christian
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Who was the Italian monk that developed the Christian Era?
Dionysius Exiguus
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What year was the Christian Era thought to be developed?
525 AD
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Was the Italian monk's estimate about the Christian Era's beginning correct?
NO
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What number was missing from the timeline?
zero
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When was Christ born?
4 BC
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The timeline went from the _____ century BC to the ______ AD. That is why we are in the ______ century & it's only the 2000 numbers.
1st, 1st, 21st
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