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because you didn't pay attention during your Ancient Civilizations class

2006-09-11 11:43:03 · answer #1 · answered by HearKat 7 · 0 0

There have been years in the hundreds, but very little is known about them. As time goes on, we get better at recording history, and as a result far more information is available about later years, i.e. those in the thousands.

2006-09-11 18:45:39 · answer #2 · answered by Dennis R 1 · 0 0

You have. If you studied the Middle Ages in school, those years began around AD 400-AD 500. There were lots of things that happened pre AD 1000, but most of it happened in the area around the Holy Roman Empire. Check it out online.

2006-09-11 18:45:32 · answer #3 · answered by katethefabulous 3 · 0 0

We have. It is YOU who has not. Were you out sick that day? We have even heard of "negative dates" such as 55BC when Julius Caesar first invaded Britain, and the following year (which was 54BC, owing to the peculiar Roman method of counting*) when he did it again!

2006-09-11 18:50:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

what! Like, the year 793? Try taking an ancient history class.

2006-09-11 18:43:29 · answer #5 · answered by parental unit 7 · 0 0

you do, 19th century, 21 century, etc, we are currently in the 21st, a century is a hundred in a fancier term, that most historians think of as more formal

2006-09-11 18:47:38 · answer #6 · answered by d_asian_lin 2 · 0 0

Because the last one, 999AD was one thousand years ago.

2006-09-11 18:44:09 · answer #7 · answered by October 7 · 0 0

there were hundreds except now we're past the 1000 A.D. mark.

2006-09-11 18:47:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

I guess because you slept through history class Einstein.

2006-09-11 18:43:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

THOSE YEARS ARE DEAD AND GONE.

2006-09-11 18:43:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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