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	3rd millennium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The third millennium is the third period of one thousand years in the Common Era.
		September 11, 2001 attacks are one of the few events of the progressing 3rd Millenium that have had significant and polarizing effects on international affairs and relations.
		Some millennialists and Christian anarchists predict the third millennium will be the millennium of peace, when mankind finally learns to live in harmony with each other and nature.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/3rd_millennium_AD (239 words)

	CalendarHome.com - 3rd millennium AD - Calendar Encyclopedia
		The third millennium AD is a period of time which began on January 1, 2001 and will end on December 31, 3000.
		There was also a third millennium BC, which began (by the modern calendar) on January 1, 3000 BC and ended on December 31, 2001 BC.
		While human lives may be measured in decades, and historical events in centuries, a millennium is so long a period by the scale of human activities as to be of little value as a measurement of time.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /3rd_millennium_AD.htm (345 words)

	Millennium Dome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Millennium Dome is a large dome on the Greenwich peninsula in the Docklands area in Eastern London, at grid reference TQ391801.
		A major problem was that, having inherited a grandiose project for a Festival of Britain or World's Fair-type showcase from the previous Conservative government, the organisers of the project did not in fact have much of an idea of what to place in it for the public to see.
		It should be added that had the higher forecasts of attendance proved correct, then the visitors' enjoyment could have been greatly reduced by queueing and general congestion.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Millennium_Dome (1543 words)

	4th millennium - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		(3rd millennium – 4th millennium – 5th millennium – other millennia)
		The fourth millennium is a period of time which will begin on Thursday, January 1, 3001 and will end on Sunday, December 31, 4000.
		The animated series Futurama is set in the 4th millennium (although the first season, which takes place in the year 3000, is technically in the last year of the 3rd millennium).
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/4th_millennium_AD (141 words)

	millennium
		A millennium is a period of one thousand consecutive years.
		Others argued that under the Gregorian Calendar centuries should be observed at the first numerical departure from the previous millennium (ie: we are in a new millennium when we stop being in the 1900s).
		Millennium was also a suspenseful television series, produced by the creators of The X-Files and set during the run-up to the new millennium (it premiered in 1996).
	www.fact-library.com /millennium.html (269 words)

	Millennium Dome - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The Millennium Dome is a large dome on the Greenwich peninsula in the Docklands area in Eastern London.
		The project was financed by the UK government to celebrate the arrival of the 3rd millennium.
		Its exterior is reminiscent of the dome built for the Festival of Britain in 1951.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Millennium_Dome (1494 words)

	The 21st Century and the Third Millennium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		While scholars generally believe that Christ was born a few years before AD 1, the records are too sketchy to allow a definitive dating.
		In the astronomical system, AD 1 is designated +1; this is preceded by year 0, which is preceded by year -1.
		Other information on the start of the new millennium can be found on the web pages of the Royal Observatory Greenwich.
	aa.usno.navy.mil /faq/docs/millennium.html (723 words)

	The Millennium
		So the 3rd Millennium and the 21st Century will begin at the same moment, namely zero hours UTC (commonly known as GMT) on January 1st 2001.
		Years of the Gregorian calendar, which is currently in use today, are counted from AD Thus, the 1st century comprised the years AD 1 through AD 100.
		During the millennium year (January 1, 2000 to January 1, 2001), the White House will lead a national Millennium Program that will engage Americans in a wide variety of activities and initiatives designed to highlight our heritage and celebrate our creativity.
	www.angelfire.com /az/experiment/millennium2001.html (564 words)

	January 2, 2000
		Yesterday was January 1, 2000 AD; it was the dawn of the 3rd millennium AD.
		The letters AD stand for the Latin anno Domini, which means "the year of our Lord," and it refers to 2000 years since the birth of Jesus Christ, 2000 of the years of our Lord.
		The designation AD was invented in the 6th century by Dionysius Exiguus in order to calculate the correct date of Easter.
	www.fpcboulder.org /Sermons/Sermon1-2-00.htm (2408 words)

	Encyclopedia: 3rd millennium AD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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		(2nd millennium – 3rd millennium – 4th millennium – other millennia)
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/3rd-millennium-AD (233 words)

	timeline.html (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Zero on the timeline (the birth of Jesus Christ) is the dividing point.
		A.D. AD: "Anno domini," or "in the year of our Lord"; it literally means "in the year of our Lord's birth (0) + ____."
		Centuries in AD always start with a number ending with a 1, and end with a round number.
	www.loyno.edu /~seduffy/timeline.html (403 words)

	Janurary 1, 2001 is the first day of the new millennium, NOT January 1, 2000. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The millennium is not finished until the end of the 1000th year.
		Common sense might suggest that the year 2000 is the dawning of the third millennium, but it is in fact the waning of the second.
		The first millennium began in C.E. There is no year zero in our calendar: the sequence of years passes directly from 1 B.C.E. to C.E. Adding a thousand years to the year 1 equals the year 1001, marking the start of the second millennium.
	americanindian.net /millennium.html (2270 words)

	Encyclopedia: 4th-millennium-AD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		(3rd millennium – 4th millennium – 5th millennium – other millennia)
		The fourth millennium is a period of time which will begin on January 1, 3001 and will end on December 31, 4000.
		The animated series Futurama is set in the 4th millennium.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/4th_millennium_AD (119 words)

	Millennium Dome -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The project was financed by the (A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland) UK government to celebrate the arrival of the (Click link for more info and facts about 3rd millenium) 3rd millenium.
		It should be added that had the higher forecasts of attendance proved correct, then the visitors' enjoyment could have been greatly reduced by queuing and general congestion.
		1994 : Millennium Commission established by (The person who holds the position of head of state in England) Prime Minister (British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943)) John Major and handed over to deputy Prime Minister (Click link for more info and facts about Michael Heseltine) Michael Heseltine.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/M/Mi/Millennium_Dome.htm (1601 words)

	3rd millennium 1st Jan 2001
		The 3rd millennium began on January 1st 2001.
		Most of the travel industry was selling flights, hotels and vacations on the premise that 1/Jan/2000 is the new millennium, and that the year 2000 is the first year of the new millennium.
		According to scholars and scientists, the 3rd millennium begins January 1, 2001, because the sequence of years from B.C. to A.D. does not include a Year 0.
	members.tripod.com /buzz_777/whenisthemillennium.htm (1099 words)

	What Millennium is It? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A millennium, by itself, is simply a series of 1000 years in a row.
		With all the hype surrounding the start of the 3rd millennium, one wonders how our forebears celebrated the millennial change in the year 1000 AD.
		Therefore, if Jesus was actually born in 4 BC, the 2nd millennium ended on December 31, 1996 and the true 3rd millennium began in 1997.
	wilstar.com /millennium.htm (544 words)

	Plenary Assembly on Priest and 3rd Millennium
		The entire Church prepares to enter the third millennium since the Incarnation of the Word in a spirit of penance, and, by the continued Apostolic solicitude of the Successor of Peter, is stimulated to an ever more lively recollection of the will of her divine Founder.
		Star of the new evangelization, who from the outset gladdened and renewed the hearts of the apostles and their helpers in their spreading the Gospel, at the dawn of the third millennium, cause to grow in priests an increasing realization that they are primarily responsible for new evangelization.
		Teach them to be faithful dispensers of the mysteries of God during this anniversary of the birth of your Son, so that with your help they may open the way of reconciliation to sinners, make the Eucharist the summit of their lives and of the lives of those entrusted to them.
	www.ewtn.com /library/CURIA/CCL3MIL.HTM (13184 words)

	Astronomy Boy: Millennium 2001 -- The REAL start of the New Millennium
		The new millennium, as defined by the Gregorian Calendar used in most of the world, actually began on January 1, 2001, not January 1, 2000.
		This is sometimes called the "odometer effect" because many automobile owners perceive the rollover of their mileage indicators to include a long string of zeroes as a milestone of sorts.
		The Gregorian Calendar Reform, as it came to be called, retained Dionysius' starting point of 1 AD and his system of counting the years, including its lack of a Year Zero.
	www.astronomyboy.com /millennium (975 words)

	Third Millennium - View From My Desk in Atlantic Highlands
		Everyone has given the nod to the Third Millennium as having arrived: The Associated Press, NBC, ABC, and CBS News, and CNN among others, perhaps under pressure from their advertising departments, have heralded the arrival of Twenty First Century.
		But the Twentieth Century includes the year 2000 so the 3rd millennium is a year away..
		As a physics major, I was taught that the 3rd millennium would begin in 2001.
	www.ahherald.com /mydesk000102.htm (525 words)

	The difference between the Millennium and year 2000
		The 3rd Millennium starts January 1st, year 2001 NOT year 2000 as many people believe, when using the Gregorian calendar.
		The reason why the 3rd Millennium / 21st Century starts in 2001 is because there was no year 0 (or AD 0, 0 BC).
		The 21st Century and the 3rd Millennium by the U.S. Naval Observatory
	www.timeanddate.com /counters/mil2000.html (381 words)

	Learn more about 3rd millennium AD in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Learn more about 3rd millennium AD in the online encyclopedia.
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		Terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, D.C destroy the World Trade Center and damage The Pentagon.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /3/3r/3rd_millennium_ad.html (140 words)

	3rd millennium AD at opensource encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		3rd millennium AD es:III milenio fr:IIIe millénaire ja:3千年紀 sv:2000-talet (millennium) ur:2000%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%85
		It is a popular and persistent misconception that the year 2000 AD was the first year of the third millennium.
		The 3rd millennium begins with AD 2001 and continues through AD...
	springknow.com /3rd_millennium_AD.html (702 words)

	3rd century BC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		(2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium AD)
		Han dynasty was founded (202 BC - 8 AD).
		Weiqi well-established in China, and may date back to the 2nd millennium BC
	www.bucyrus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/3rd_century_BC (282 words)

	[ thomas ] - When did the 3rd millennium really start? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The 3rd millennium didn't start until new years eve 2000-2001.
		Simple, do some mental arithmetic and you come to the comclusion that if the next millennium would start on new years eve 1999-2000, there must be a year 0 (2000 years after new years eve 0 will happen on new years eve 1999-2000).
		The first year in the Gregorian calendar is 1 AD and the year preceding 1 AD is 1 BC.
	www.student.liu.se /~thola810/millennium.html (157 words)

	1st millennium AD
		1st millennium AD Guajara in other languages: Spanish, Deutsch, French, Italian...
		The Olympic games are observed until 393 AD
		Hop (plant) added to beer for the first time
	www.guajara.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/1/1s/1st_millennium_ad.html (112 words)

	When Did the New Millennium Begin?
		Most experts in calendrical matters will answer that the new millennium begins on the 1st of January in the year 2001, despite the fact that this answer is not the one that most people would like to hear (because, despite what the experts say, they intend to celebrate the new millennium on 1st January 2000).
		The word "millennium" means "a period of 1000 years" so we can conclude that the period from 1 A.D. through 1000 A.D. (including both years) constituted one millennium, and in fact, the first millennium of the Christian era.
		Strictly speaking, there is no first millennium in the astronomical system, since it simply numbers years by mapping them onto the sequence..., -2, -1, 0, 1, 2,..., and we are free to begin millennia where we think fit.
	www.hermetic.ch /cal_stud/newmill.htm (2268 words)

	Alachua Post - About the 3rd Millennium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Following this logic, the first century was complete as of January 1, A.D. 100, the first millennium as of January 1, A.D. 1000, and the second millennium as of January 1, 2000.
		Adding more confusion is the fact that Luke suggests that Jesus was born while Quirinius was governor of Syria, but scholars place Quirinius's reign commencing in the year A.D. 6 or 7.
		Thus, by most accounts the second millennium from the birth of Christ was, in all cases, concluded by December 31st, 1997.
	www.alachuapost.com /news/010101/When%20does%20the%20Millennium%20begin.htm (1223 words)

	3rd millennium AD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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	3rd millennium AD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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