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To: SunkenCiv

What the hell is BCE?


3 posted on 04/01/2014 1:59:12 PM PDT by icwhatudo (Low taxes and less spending in Sodom and Gomorrah is not my idea of a conservative victory)
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To: icwhatudo

I’m sure you know very well what it means, but if not, try an internet query. The BCE thing has been “discussed” to death on many a GGG topic, and is a massive waste of bandwidth.


4 posted on 04/01/2014 2:06:09 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Obama is now making Jimmy Carter look like Attila the Hun. /focus/news/3138768/posts)
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To: icwhatudo
What the hell is BCE?

Before the Common Era. It was a term originally invented in the 19th Century by British Jews so that they could use the same dates as everyone else without offending their religious beliefs. It is now widely used by archaeologists, especially in the Middle East, where avoiding offense to Jewish and Moslem sensitivities is a necessary part of archaeological work.

5 posted on 04/01/2014 2:09:34 PM PDT by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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