BC and AC??? why was this put into place?? and who decided this? what happend before christ? what did people believe in then may i ask? just interested... and what about after? do u believe in AC??......
2007-12-21 10:14:17 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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2007-12-21 10:39:08 · update #1
Before Christ and Alternating Current?
The term A.D. (Anno Domini--Latin for "In the Year of our Lord") was first devised in 525 but wasn't adopted in Western Europe until the 8th century. Prior to this, dating was done by "reginal years," meaning the year of a local king's reign (or pope's office), and gradually became less common from the 11th to the 14th centuries. The term B.C. (Before Christ) was set up to refer to dates before the start of the AD calendar.
Today, CE (Common Era) and BCE (Before Common Era) are more widely used in scientific and historical circles.
As far as what people believed in, it varied. The Roman Empire recognized many Gods, both local and state. Different peoples in the Roman Empire dealt with their Gods in various ways, but as long as they participated in state observances, the government were happy to leave each person to their own religious observance.
Special dispensation was made for the Hebrews who believed that their God was the only one they should pay homage to. The Romans respected their long history and felt that their numbers were too small to matter when it came to the civil observances.
Outside of the Roman Empire, one had Buddhism and Hinduism to the East.
Alternating Current was the form of power delivery that the industrial world eventually settled upon. The system we use to day was essentially devised by Nicolas Tesla. Thomas A. Edison was a big proponent for Direct Current, but the limitations of that method would have it it prohibitively expensive to deliver over long distances. The two men were often at odds.
The first modern commercial power plant using three-phase alternating current was at the Mill Creek hydroelectric plant near Redlands, California in 1893. The designer was an engineer named Almirian Decker.
2007-12-21 10:35:33 · answer #1 · answered by Donald J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually its aD IE anno Domini Latin for "in the year of our lord"
BC is basically the old testament they say that there's a new covenant in the blood (covenant and testament are the same thing) If you wanna know what we believed before Christ check out the old testament
2007-12-21 10:27:55 · answer #2 · answered by thirtyone_spiders 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-25 08:35:20 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is just a way of measuring history to the present. Nothing more.
2007-12-21 10:17:40 · answer #4 · answered by insert_ nickname_ here! 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2007-12-21 18:40:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
b.c before christ and a.d. anno domini in the year of our lord.
2007-12-21 10:34:11 · answer #6 · answered by Brother G 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I much prefer,BD=Before dinosaurs AD =After dinosaurs,,
2007-12-21 10:28:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
These two links should explain it fairly well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anno_Domini
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Era
2007-12-21 10:19:19 · answer #8 · answered by Que bella 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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B. Christ
After C.
2007-12-21 10:17:33 · answer #9 · answered by Exousia Skotos 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋