B.C.E. and C.E. - What's that?
Many civilisation have marked time in different ways over the ages. Currently Historians use B.C.E. (Before Common Era) for years prior to 2,015 years ago, and C.E. (Common Era) for the years we are counting now.
Before this Historians used B.C. (Before Christ) and A.D. (Anno Domini - meaning "advancing age"), but you must remember to use the current terms.
Before this Historians used B.C. (Before Christ) and A.D. (Anno Domini - meaning "advancing age"), but you must remember to use the current terms.
- Right now we are in the year 2015 C.E.
- Birdwood High School was founded in 1909 C.E.
- The Black Death began in Europe in 1348 C.E.
- The Trojan War occured around 1190 B.C.E.
- The Pyramids of Egypt were built around 2500 B.C.E.
- Earth was in an Ice Age from 1600000 B.C.E. to 10000 B.C.E.
PRIMARY or SECONDARY - What's the Difference?
PRIMARYA primary source comes directly from someone's experience of that time period.
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SECONDARYA secondary source comes from an interpretation of these primary sources.
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IMPORTANT! - Not all sources are to be trusted. People lie to their diaries, or like Ariel from The Little Mermaid we can mistake the purpose of an item (a fork is not a dinglehopper) and everyone has a different opinion on what has happened.