Multiple choice

What does B.C. mean?

  1. Before Cars

  2. Before cats

  3. Before Christ

  4. Before the Commandments
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Explanation

In the traditional Gregorian calendar system, B.C. stands for "Before Christ" and is used to label years before the estimated birth of Jesus Christ. Today, historians also use B.C.E., which stands for "Before the Common Era," as a secular alternative.

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