b.c is before christ, a.d is after christ but how was time explained before they invented b.c? was there a name or did they have no time?
2006-10-04 22:54:01 · 9 answers · asked by michael f 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
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2006-10-04 22:56:08 · answer #1 · answered by starrynight1 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The ancient Indians had elaborate and ingenious ways of measuring time--macro as well as micro, based on the passage of planets, the planetary positions with respect to each other, etc.
Thus Nadi,( human pulse-beat) Vinadi, etc are milli-seconds & seconds of time.
Far bigger than centuries were Yonis,and thousands of millenniums were reckoned in Yugas-- Treta Yug, Satyug, Kali Yug, etc.
Jesus Christ lived a mere 2006 years back.
The MAHA Bharat transpired 5561 years BEFORE Christ, and the Ramayana was 9000 years ago! How marvellously old is the Indian civilisation!
2006-10-04 23:25:57 · answer #2 · answered by thegentle Indian 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course they new all about time! They just used other facts to count time. Some civilizations knew about star and planet position, others counted time by season floods or sth, others by counting generations after a great king etc.
2006-10-04 23:00:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the west they used AUR which stood for "anno urbana Roma" (or something similar) which stood for "years of the city of Rome". The date was based on the "date" Romulus and Remus established the city of Rome in Roman mythology.
2006-10-05 14:44:08 · answer #4 · answered by The Doctor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The image voltaic time period (Nijyuusisekki) " develop into used in Japan. It got here from China. A twelve months is separated 24 words. Its base is "Risshun" (Feb.3) it quite is the day prior to this of "Setsubun". Setsubun is the spring day whose daylight hours (12hours) and nighttime (12 hours) is an same. Rissyun is traditionally acknowledged because the starting up day of spring. regularly, present day jap person-friendly calendar has aditional date of image voltaic time period in each day's sparkling.
2016-12-04 07:13:37 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cultures had their own system of designating epochs. One example would be the year of reign for each king. In this example, one epoch would be the reign of a particular king. Then the next epoch would be the reign of the next king.
2006-10-05 06:00:12 · answer #6 · answered by Stan the Rocker 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
there was no time before BC (before Christ)- BC was when the Earth was created and the planetery evolution began.
AD (anno domini) is the time that we live in now, from the year 0001 to the present day.
2006-10-04 23:03:15 · answer #7 · answered by moominjen 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is interesting that the Christian and non-Christian worlds consider this to be the date.
2006-10-05 07:49:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they used sundials.
2006-10-05 01:03:14 · answer #9 · answered by sana 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋