why is the history of the world/civilization studied using BC/AD?
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Because that’s the system that was commonly used in Western countries.
We need some point in time to start counting the years from, and it is completely arbitrary – choosing to start 2021 years ago is as good as any other point. However, since the BC/AD system has been widely used for the past 1200 years, there was no reason to change it.
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