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	Common Era
		The calendric practice that prompted the coining of the term "Common Era" is the system of numbering years from the supposed beginning of the life of Jesus.
		In the third and fourth centuries of the Common Era, the areas shrunk and returned to sizes from 18 to 30 dunams.
		Herod (73-4 BCE) [W]as the pro-Roman king of the small Jewish state in the last decades before the common era.
	www.lycos.com /info/common-era.html (514 words)

	Era
		Era is also popularly used to denote the passing of shorter periods, such as the Big Band era, Disco era.
		In a calendar, the era is the date from which years in the calendar are counted.
		Japanese eras began with the ascension of an emperor.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/er/Era.html (457 words)

	BCE (Site not responding. Last check: )
		BCE is an abbreviation for "Before the Common Era".
		The use of BCE to replace BC is usually advocated on the grounds that the counting of years in relation to the birth of Jesus is biased too strongly in the service of Christianity.
		BCE is the abbreviation in Romance languages for the European Central Bank.
	www.termsdefined.net /bc/bce.html (351 words)

	Common Era
		The Common Era refers to the conventional Gregorian numbering of years from an epoch based on the traditionally reckoned year of the birth of Jesus Christ.
		Years before the epoch were denoted A.C.N. (for Ante Christi Natus, Latin for "before the birth of Christ"), although B.C. ("Before Christ") is now usually used in English.
		B.C.E., an abbreviation for "Before Common Era" or "Before Christian Era", is equivalent to B.C., and is likewise placed after the year number.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/co/Common_era.html (201 words)

	Controversy over the use of CE and BCE to identify dates in history
		BCE stands for "Before the common era." It is expected to eventually replace BC, which means "Before Christ," or "Before the Messiah.
		Most theologians and religious historians believe that the approximate birth date of Yeshua of Nazareth (Jesus) was in the fall, sometime between 7 and 4 BCE, although we have seen estimates as late as 4 CE and as early as the second century BCE.
		Although CE and BCE were originally used mainly within theological writings, the terms are gradually receiving greater usage in secular writing, the media, and in the culture generally.
	www.religioustolerance.org /ce.htm (1737 words)

	Gardening History Timeline: From Ancient Times to the 20th Century ...
		35,000 BCE (BCE = Before the Common Era, or Before the Roman Era)
		Varro was a prolific author, and he noted that there were over 40 known treatises available on the subject in 40 BCE.
		The administrators of the Roman Empire (circa 100 BCE - 500 AD) actively exchanged information on agriculture, horticulture, animal husbandry, hydraulics, and botany.
	www.gardendigest.com /timegl.htm (2648 words)

	TheRealityCheck.Org Guest Writer
		If, on the other hand, this era is supposed to be common among all people living and dead, then it must have started on the day the human race was created.
		If there are only two eras designated to account for the entire existence of the world, then to call either of those eras "common," as in, "you eras are all alike," is nonsensical.
		Whereas "Before Common Era" is what they call the period before Christ, the "Common Era" encompasses both the period between Christ's birth until the birth of the new liberal paradigm, and the period that follows that one.
	www.therealitycheck.org /GuestColumnist/dclark061305.htm (1064 words)

	Chronofile: BCE Section-09 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In 332 BC-331 BCE, Alexander was welcomed as a liberator in Egypt and was pronounced the "son of Zeus" by Egyptian priests of the god Ammon at the Oracle of the god at the Siwa Oasis in the Libyan desert.
		King Perdiccas of Macedonia was killed in a battle with the Illyrians in 359 BCE and the twenty-two year old Phillip convinced the Macedonian leaders to recognize him as king during the crisis instead of the infant heir (his nephew).
		In 168 BCE, the resistance of the Hasmoneans to the efforts of Antiochus IV, The Seleucid, to Hellenize and re-establish an idol-worshiping polytheism reached a peak.
	hometown.aol.com /eilatlog/chronofile/timeBCE-09.html (5009 words)

	eras used with the Gregorian calendar (Site not responding. Last check: )
		That the era used with the Gregorian calendar in the West is based on the ostensible birth year of Christ (see Christian era) grates on many, especially in non-Christian countries that have adopted this calendar.
		In Indonesia, on the island of Java, an era known as Aji Saka is used with a 354-day lunar calendar, which is all we have been able to learn about it.
		A “National Era” was defined that started with the founding of the imperial dynasty, which by tradition occurred in 660 bce.
	www.sizes.com /time/cal_Gregeras.htm (255 words)

	Sean Hannity Discussion - History Commenticius
		The author, a professor from Cambridge University, insisted on using B.C.E. (before the common era) and A.C.E. (after the common era) for denoting dates instead of using the B.C. and A.D. that has been commonly used for almost 1500 years in Western culture.
		I thought BCE stood for "Before Christian Era" and CE stood for "Christian Era".
		It seems extraordinary for an author of history to specify "common" especially since there are no concrete reasons for this term (some rationalize that it refers to the "common calendar", i.e.
	www.hannity.com /forum/printthread.php?t=4935 (752 words)

	EnciclopedyCommon Era - (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Common Era is the period beginning with a year near the birth of Jesus Christ, coinciding with the period from AD 1 onwards.
		It is synonymous with the period called the Christian era and is sometimes used as a religiously neutral alternative to it.
		Similarly, "before the Common Era" and BCE are used synonymously with "before Christ" and BC.
	www.adago.com /Common_Era.html (665 words)

	era. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Since in different calendars years are of different lengths and do not begin on the same day (see calendar), several factors have to be used in changing the year of one era to that of another, and even with conversion charts there are still difficulties.
		Thus, the beginning of the Christian era, originally fixed probably by Dionysius Exiguus, was set a little too late.
		B.C. The term epoch is often confused with era in writing.
	www.bartleby.com /65/er/era.html (266 words)

	Why use the BCE / CE date designations? (Site not responding. Last check: )
		To embrace the CE (common era) designation — Jesus of Nazareth (whom we confess to be the foretold Messiah, the promised Christ) and his teachings, belong not only to Christians but also to the Jewish people, and to peoples everywhere.
		What he was and what he stood for is the common heritage of all humankind, not just of one world religion, Christianity, which in its historical and current state with its many sins of commission and omission is a dismal caricature of what he intended.
		To embrace BCE (before the common era) rather than BC (before Christ) — Even in nomenclature we aspire to refrain from assuming our conclusion about Jesus' messiahship a priori, but seek at our best to use historical exegesis to work toward the One whom we believe fulfilled the Law, the prophets, and the Covenant.
	www.jesusinstituteforum.org /BCE-CE.html (373 words)

	Common Era - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site
		The Common Era (CE), also known as Current Era or occasionally, the Christian Era, is the period beginning with the year 1 onwards.
		The term "common era" refers to the same time period described by the Gregorian calendar, which is the world's de facto standard calendar system.
		Some object to the common era's retention of the year 1 as its epoch because it preserves a Christocentric worldview at the expense of a religiously neutral timekeeping system.
	www.factbug.org /cgi-bin/a.cgi?a=6088 (934 words)

	Chronofile: BCE Section-06 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		From 7 to 5,000 BCE settlements of permanent houses are being built on the fertile plains of Greece.
		By 3000-2700 BCE the Egyptians were producing quality vintages which were held in graded/assessed and stamped/labeled amphorae (clay-jugs) marking the vintage year and provenance of the wine.
		Before this time, there was quite a bit of writing, but people had to use wet clay tablets and similar media to make enduring impressions upon.
	hometown.aol.com /eilatlog/chronofile/timeBCE-06.html (5016 words)

	Temples of Mount Moriah
		In the second century of the Common Era, the Roman Empire was strengthened, its borders were settled and vast resources were directed toward the building of monumental public structures.
		In the third century of the Common Era, before the growth of Christian control, the Roman temple stood in the Moriah Area.
		Thus, it was written that in the Third Century of the Common Era, the Jews of Babylon could not identify the sight of the Temple (50).
	www.templemount.org /mtmoriah.html (6948 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - The 'Common Era' - a Secular Term for Year Definition
		Supporters of the Common Era alternative say that it is unfair to force a religious system on those who do not share its values.
		'Common Era' is often abbreviated to 'CE' and is placed after the date, rather than before as 'AD' frequently is. 'Before the Common Era', referring to years before 1AD, is abbreviated to BCE and placed after the date also.
		Some people are also annoyed with the way that the years 'Before the Common Era' increase from right to left on a timeline, yet their months and days still count-up in the normal way rather than mirroring time in the 'Common Era' as years do.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/brunel/A3176345 (2186 words)

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		The "common era," C.E. begins with A.D. Years "Before the Common Era," B.C.E., have identical valuations to B.C. designations.
		B.C., "before Christ," is B.C.E., "before the common era." Since we're visiting this, some discursive notes.
		My wife had suspected that the term BCE was pure political correctness, and with no more foundation in common sense or logic than many other words coined so as not to provide offense to anyone.
	plateaupress.com.au /wfw/bcvbce.htm (567 words)

	Anno Domini - Wikimedia Commons
		Commons tools such as CommonsTicker, Check-Usage and Gallery are currently affected by the toolserver outage.
		The Christian Era is the only system in everyday use in the Western World, and the main system for commercial and scientific use in the rest of the world.
		However, in academic, historical and archaeological circles, particularly in America, the same epoch is often referred to as the Common Era (CE) and the BC period as Before the Common Era (BCE).
	commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/Anno_Domini (216 words)

	Catholic Community Forum Discussion Groups - "BCE"
		"The Common Era (CE), sometimes known as the Current Era, is the period of measured time beginning with the year 1 (the traditional birth date of Jesus) to the present.
		The notations CE and BCE (Before the Common Era) are alternative notations for AD (anno Domini, Latin for "in the year of the Lord") and BC (Before Christ).
		Although the term common era was first used by some Christians, it is now a term preferred by some as a religiously neutral alternative.
	www.catholic-forum.com /forums/printthread.php?t=8211 (1160 words)

	OEDILF - Word Lookup
		What was called AD (anno domini, "the year of the Lord") is now often referred to as CE ("common era"), and BC ("before Christ") is often called BCE.
		BCE: "Before the Common Era" (sometimes, "Before the Christian Era"), finding increased use, to permit world-wide coordination of dates without requiring direct acknowledgment of Christian belief.
		BCE stands for "Before Common Era", a secular replacement for BC when writing dates.
	www.oedilf.com /db/Lim.php?Word=BCE (274 words)

	Dead Sea -- Glossary
		A Semitic language known since the ninth century B.C.E.; official language of the Persian empire; used extensively in southwest Asia and by the Jews after the Babylonian exile; the cursive script replaced the ancient paleo-Hebrew script for secular writing as well as for holy scriptures.
		B.C.E. Before the Common Era; indicates that a time division falls before the Christian era; same as B.C. Common Era; indicates that a time division falls within the Christian era; same as A.D. Canon
		A priestly Jewish family which ruled Palestine in the second and first centuries B.C.E. and wrested Judea from the rule of the Seleucids and their Greek practices.
	www.ibiblio.org /expo/deadsea.scrolls.exhibit/glossary.html (1083 words)

	Timeline of Antisemitism Before the Holocaust
		1200 B.C.E. - Lower Egypt’s remaining Jews are expelled at the end of the 19th Dynasty.
		168 B.C.E. - The Romans defile the Holy Temple, erecting a statue of Zeus and sacrificing swine.
		Observance of the Sabbath and circumcision are banned.
	library.thinkquest.org /12307/astl_fr.html (831 words)

	B.C. and A.D. or B.C.E. and C.E.? The Battle Over History
		The invention of B.C.E. for "Before Common Era" and C.E. for "Common Era" is nothing more than an attempt to avoid any reference to Christ.
		Earlier this year, staff at the Kentucky Department of Education proposed substituting C.E. (Common Era) for A.D. and B.C.E. (Before the Common Era) for B.C. in draft curriculum guidelines for high school and middle school social studies classes.
		The common B.C./A.D. system is based on the supposed year of Christ's birth -- a date posited by the monk Dionysius Exiguus in the year 525.
	www.albertmohler.com /blog_read.php?id=674 (608 words)

	'Before Christ' replaced in books (Australia) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		BCE and CE have been common in American higher ed for at least 20 years.
		As it is, using BCE (and continuing to date Western history from the Birth of Christ but calling it something else) is like putting a tarp over the Statue of Liberty and expecting people won't know it's still the statue of liberty.
		Getting back on topic, back in the 1970's when CE and BCE were first being used, I asked my grandmother what they meant and she told me basically that: CE = Christian Era and BCE = Before Christian Era.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1355121/posts (2805 words)

	deseretnews.com \| School fight is over 'B.C.'
		The proposed secular substitutes to shun references to the birth of Jesus Christ were B.C.E. ("Before the Common Era") and C.E. ("Common Era").
		The board reconsidered matters at its mid-June meeting and decided to remove "B.C.E." and "C.E." from date references in Kentucky's official "Program of Studies," though teachers are free to note this option in the classroom.
		An odd aspect of the calculation is that Jesus Christ was born "before Christ." That is, today's experts agree that Dionysius erred and Jesus wasn't born in A.D. 1 but before that.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,640188624,00.html (650 words)

	Census Information on Healthline
		A census is an enumeration of all the people of a nation or a registration region, a systematic and complete count of all who are living in specified places, usually on a specific date.
		The practice of conducting a periodic census began in Egypt in the second millennium before the common era, where it was used for tax gathering and to determine fitness for military services.
		The Romans adopted the practice in the first century B.C.E. Jesus of Nazareth was born in Bethlehem because Mary and Joseph had gone there to be enumerated in a Roman census.
	www.healthline.com /galecontent/census (589 words)

	Kentucky Asks What Year Is It? \| Christianity Today \| A Magazine of Evangelical Conviction
		And while the immediate controversy over the use of B.C. (Before Christ) and A.D. (Anno Domini, Latin for "in the year of the Lord") may have subsided, related fights over the proper role of religion in public schools appear to be far from settled.
		The common B.C./A.D. system is based on the supposed year of Christ's birth — a date posited by the monk Dionysius Exiguus in the year 525.
		Board seeks views on date markers C.E., B.C.E. Religious groups and other opponents are expected in force for a hearing today that will focus in part on whether Kentucky schools should add the secular term C.E. (Common Era) to A.D. and B.C.E. (Before the Common Era) to B.C. to mark dates in history.
	www.christianitytoday.com /ct/2006/mayweb-only/122-32.0.html (1184 words)

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