YES, you're right: (7000 years before Christ's birth to 1000 years after his birth)
B.C = "Before Christ" (before the birth of Christ)
B.C.E = "Before Common Era" (the 'common era' being the
era of Christ)
A.D = "Anno Domini" (In the year of our lord, which
means after the birth of Christ)
So, 7000 B.C to 1000 A.D means "7000 years before the birth of Christ to 1000 years after the birth of Christ", which equals 8000 years altogether
*Remember, B.C counts downward, A.D counts upward. 7000 B.C is older than 6000 B.C, for instance.
2007-08-12 05:29:15
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answer #1
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answered by étiénne 3
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Hello fuschiapetitspois,
The BC in 7000 BC simply means 'Before Christ' and the AD in 1000 AD means 'Anno Domini', which signifies the birth of Jesus Christ.
Before the birth of Christ the years are counted backwards, ie 7000 BC, 6999 BC etc. The year before Christ was born was1 BC and the year of his birth is 1 AD. From there the years are counted forward, 2 AD, 3 AD right up to the present 2007 AD.
As has already been said the years 7000 BC to 1000 AD tota 8000 years.
Poseidon.
2007-08-12 05:35:06
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answer #2
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answered by Poseidon 7
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7000 Bce
2016-11-01 23:07:10
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answer #3
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answered by ? 4
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b.c. = before the birth of Christ
a.d. = in the year of our master/lord's (anno domini) birth.
The phrase therefore translates as "from 7000 years before the birth of christ" to "1000 years after his birth."
Does that help?
2007-08-12 05:30:13
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answer #4
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answered by Anonymous
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AD means anno domini (times of our Lord Jesus)
BC means Before Christ.
2007-08-12 05:29:39
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answered by Anonymous
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'A.D.' stands for 'Anno domini', which means 'in the year of our lord'. For those that believe in him, it's supposedly the year in which Christ was born.
So 1000AD is 8000 years after 7000 B.C.
2007-08-12 05:36:41
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answer #6
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answered by Anonymous
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The meaning of AD is Anno Domini or Year of our Lord referring to the year of Christ’s birth. The meaning of BC is Before Christ. CE is a recent term. It refers to Common Era and is used in place of A.D. BCE means Before Common Era.
Many different calendars have been used since man began tracking time. Most start with some epoch event or person. The use of BC and AD for numbering calendar years was invented by Dionysius Exiguus in 525 AD. His purpose was to determine the correct date for Easter under the direction of Pope St. John I.
Prior to this time, one method for determining Easter was based on a 532 year calendar cycle stemming from the Alexandrian era. Other methods were also used which led to the confusion. Dionysius was asked to determine a method for calculating Easter that would then be used by the entire church.
Dionysius did not want to perpetuate the name of Alexander, the Great Persecutor. He decided to start his 532 year cycle from the year associated with the foundation of Rome. At that time Christ’s birth was supposed to have occurred immediately preceding the year of the founding of Rome. Today, based on historical evidence relating to Herod and astronomical evidence relating to eclipses and star novas, most historians believe Christ was actually born a few years earlier.
Dionysius named the years relating to his cycle, BC meaning Before Christ which starts with year 1 and AD meaning Anno Domini, the year of Our Lord referring to the year of Christ’s birth. This is also a year 1. There is no year 0. (That’s the reason purists insists the 21st century actually began January 1, 2001. For example the first year began in 1 AD and ended the beginning of 2 AD so the first year of the 21st century begins in 2001 AD and ends with the beginning of 2002 AD)
It took about 400 years for the dating system devised by Dionysius to reach common usage. In combination with the Julian Calendar system which determines the beginning of months and years this continued until 1582 AD. The number of each year is based on the Dionysius numbering system.
The need for the introduction of the Gregorian Calendar came about because a year is not exactly 365 days long. It is actually 365 and a quarter days long. Every 4 years, March 1st moved behind a day until after centuries instead of being early spring March 1st was now the beginning of winter. Something had to be done.
The Gregorian Calendar was introduced in the Catholic parts of Europe in 1582 A.D. by Pope Gregory XIII (then the religious leader of the Roman Catholic faith) as an improvement upon the Julian Calendar to keep the average length of the calendar year better in line with the seasons.
The rules, months, and days of the Gregorian calendar are the same as those of the Julian Calendar, except for the leap year rules. In the Gregorian calendar, a year is a leap year if the year number is evenly divisible by 4, but not if the year number is evenly divisible by 100, and this last exception must not be applied if the year number is evenly divisible by 400. For example, 1600 and 2000 are leap years, but 1700, 1800, and 1900 are not.
The legal code of the United States does not specify an official national calendar. Use of the Gregorian calendar in the United States is a result of an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1751, which specified use of the Gregorian calendar in England and its colonies. However, its adoption in the United Kingdom and other countries was fraught with confusion, controversy, and even violence. It also had a deeper cultural impact through the disruption of traditional festivals and calendrical practices.
The widespread use of the Gregorian calendar and the use of BC and AD throughout the world came about thanks to the colonization practices of Europe and economic pressures of a world-wide economy led by Europe and the United States. This is gradually changing as more and more academic writers prefer the use of CE rather than AD.
2007-08-12 05:26:05
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answer #7
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answered by Anonymous
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hello,
from 7000 BC to 1000 AD
assumingly this would be 1000 BC ( before Christ
1000 ( after death )
2007-08-12 05:30:39
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answered by sweet_blue 7
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Anno Domini, means our year of the Lord.
2007-08-12 05:28:20
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answered by Anonymous
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8000 years give or take 1 year (yr 0)
Try this link
In the year of our Lord = AD
oh and Jesus was beleved to be born 4BC
2007-08-12 05:36:45
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answered by Earth to Mars 5
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