Eli5 How was time marked BCE?

Question

Since those that lived BCE didn’t know that the years were descending, how did they mark time during that time period?

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Answer 1

There are a few different calendars, but they basically marked years from some real or possibly mythical event in their group history. With some religious calendars it was something like the beginning of the world. Most common though was the years marked since the establishment of a particular government or something similar.