What does BCE mean?

Question

As in...

Classical antiquity - 7th century BCE to 5th Century

I cant understand why its 7th to 5th. Help!!

Answer 1

BCE = Before the Common Era. It is a politically correct way to classify historical eons. It was BC and AD (BC meaning Before Christ and AD meaning anno domini, which translates to "the year of our Lord"). BC and AD have a Christian connotation to them and some people prefer to use BCE and CE (CE meaning the Common Era or modern times).

My college professor in Roman and Greek history always used BCE/CE but never had a problem with people using BC/AD.

Answer 2

BCE stands for Before the Common Era and is exactly the same as saying BC, so your text is saying 7th century BC to 5th century BC.

Answer 3

it originally ment before christs exicution. but has been changed to before commen era. also keep in mind if something is "BCE" than on a time like it will be oppostie. for example the higher the number, the farther it was in the best. so 200BCE is older than 7BCE

Answer 4

Before Common Era.

It is 7th to 5th, because it is like minus. From 700 years before Jesus was born, to 500 years before he was born.

Answer 5

before common era

Answer 6

"Before Common Era". It's a non-Christian way of saying "B. C."

Answer 7

before common error or era

aka before christ

this confusing and annoying situation brought to you by:
political correctness!

Answer 8

Before Common Era - it has replaced Before Christ to please some ppl.

Answer 9

british celebracy entity