It depends on who you ask, really. The Christians believe that the world is somewhere around 6,000 years old, therefore making it roughly 4,000 years in history before Christ. Many scholars disagree,...
History goes back many thouands of years; prehistory long before recorded history. Some of the periods used by archaeologists for convenience are as follows, approximate and varying according to...
If you're talking about BC and AD, BC has always been refered to as Before Christ. AD has always been refered to as After Death. Both these statements are wrong. Christ Jesus was born around 4 BC and...
Prior to the church settling on BC-AD dates, dates were typically tabulated by the year of the rule of a given king or emperor. When he died and a new ruler took over the year reset to 1 again. The...