Difference between revisions of "Talk:Timeline of the World"
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<nowiki>*</nowiki>sigh* "BC" and "AD" aren't POV; I'm not even a Christian! They're commonly used for purely ''practical'' reasons. Use "BCE" if you really want, but I find it silly... [[User:Aridd|Aridd]] 20:15, 23 November 2006 (GMT) | <nowiki>*</nowiki>sigh* "BC" and "AD" aren't POV; I'm not even a Christian! They're commonly used for purely ''practical'' reasons. Use "BCE" if you really want, but I find it silly... [[User:Aridd|Aridd]] 20:15, 23 November 2006 (GMT) | ||
reverted. --'''[[Swilatia|<font color="red">sw</font>]][[User:Swilatia|<font color="green">il</font>]][[User Talk: Swilatia|<font color= "yellow">at</font>]][[Special:Contributions/Swilatia|<font color="blue">ia</font>]]''' 20:38, 23 November 2006 (GMT) | reverted. --'''[[Swilatia|<font color="red">sw</font>]][[User:Swilatia|<font color="green">il</font>]][[User Talk: Swilatia|<font color= "yellow">at</font>]][[Special:Contributions/Swilatia|<font color="blue">ia</font>]]''' 20:38, 23 November 2006 (GMT) | ||
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| + | ==Technical note== | ||
| + | The second century didn't begin until 101 A.D., the third 201, the fourth 301, and so on. Similarly the twenty-first century didn't really begin in 2000, but 2001. Why? Because there was no year 0. 100 years after Year 1 is 101. [[User:70.181.174.233|70.181.174.233]] 15:58, 23 October 2007 (GMT) | ||
Latest revision as of 11:58, 23 October 2007
BC vs BCE
*sigh* "BC" and "AD" aren't POV; I'm not even a Christian! They're commonly used for purely practical reasons. Use "BCE" if you really want, but I find it silly... Aridd 20:15, 23 November 2006 (GMT)
reverted. --swilatia 20:38, 23 November 2006 (GMT)
Technical note
The second century didn't begin until 101 A.D., the third 201, the fourth 301, and so on. Similarly the twenty-first century didn't really begin in 2000, but 2001. Why? Because there was no year 0. 100 years after Year 1 is 101. 70.181.174.233 15:58, 23 October 2007 (GMT)
