why is the history of the world/civilization studied using BC/AD?
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From time to time, I’ve wondered about an alternative that we -don’t- use.
Consider temperature. Whether °F or °C, there a “zero” on each scale that we all agree on — but • those scales are relative, and • you can go below zero, in each case. Fortunately, there is also an absolute scale, an absolute zero,on which you can count up but not back.
The comparison with calendars ends with the “relative” part. EVERY calendar — Judeo-Christian, Hebrew, Arabic, “in the reign of” — is relative to something. Why?
**There is NO “absolute zero” in calendar-keeping.** (Especially not one that everyone would agree on.)
Besides, no one wants this year to be 4,543,002,021.
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