eli5: did people living in the past, eg. the 1500s, know they were living in the 1500s like we know we’re living in 2023 and the 2000s?
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Yes. That’s why we refer to human history as BCE and CE. BCE was before we all started using the same calendar system. CE is our current common era and the majority of people knew the year and century they were born in and lived in.
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