2006-07-18 10:55:00 · 26 answers · asked by Actualmente, Disfruto Siendo Lycantropica 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Because the century starts with 1 and not with 0.
2006-07-18 11:00:56 · answer #1 · answered by tnkumar1 4 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Let's imagine for the minute that the year is 6 AD instead of 2006 AD. What century should we call it? How about the first? Well, if the years 1 through 100 AD were the first century, that means that years 101-200 AD were the second, 201-300 were the third, and so on. Extend that up to today's time and we get that 1901-2000 was the 20th century, and 2001-2100 are the 21st century. Incidentally, the 3rd millenium didn't begin in 2000, even though most people thought it did. It actually began on January 1, 2001.
2006-07-18 11:01:09 · answer #2 · answered by Derek J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey, there is no year 0! There is 1 BC and 1 AD.
First Century started with 1 January 1 AD and ended on 31 December 100 AD.
20th Century ended with 31 December 2000 and 21st Century started with 1 January 2001.
2006-07-18 11:05:53 · answer #3 · answered by Angela B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first century began with the year 1 so from from year 1 to year 99 was the first century. In order to be in the 20th century we would have had to start with century 0 instead of century 1.
2006-07-18 10:59:26 · answer #4 · answered by chris in NC 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The century from the year 1 to 100 was the first century. Thus this is the 21st century as it is 20 centuries past the first one.
2006-07-18 10:58:27 · answer #5 · answered by rickthewonderalgae 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the 20th century ended on December 31, 2000. Since we are using the Gregorian calendar starting with the presumed birth of Jesus Christ in the year 1, that year ended on December 31, 1. Consequently, the first century covered the first 100 years, right? Up until the year 100. The first millenium ended on December 31, 1000, and so on.
The 20th century started on January 1st, 1901 (since the 19th century ended on December 31, 1900, obviously) and ended 100 years later.
2006-07-18 11:06:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There was no year 0 it started as 1. , similarly there was not a zero century it was the first, which ended in the year 99, the second century started inthe year 100, that is why the centurys seem to run out of sinc.
2006-07-18 10:59:42 · answer #7 · answered by dopeysaurus 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
0 - 1 = First Century.
1 - 2 = Second Century, and so on!!
2006-07-18 11:00:26 · answer #8 · answered by Fluke 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. The first century was 0-99. The second was 100-199. The third was 200-299. Get the pattern? This one is 2000-2099 and is the twenty-first. Where the heck is my flying car?
Some people count them as 1-100, 101-200, 201-300 ... 2000-2100, but that's a different argument.
2006-07-18 11:00:15 · answer #9 · answered by Berry K 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
0 to 100 is the first century
2006-07-18 11:04:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋