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The 1st century BC, also known as the last century BC and the last century BCE, started on the first day of 100 BC and ended on the last day of 1 BC. The AD/BC notation does not use a year zero; however, astronomical year numbering does use a zero, as well as a minus sign, so "2 BC" is equal to "year –1". 1st century AD ( Anno Domini) follows.
The first to do so consistently was Timaeus of Tauromenium in the third century BC. Nevertheless, since for events of the early history of the games the reckoning was used in retrospect, some of the dates given by later historian for events before the 5th century BC are very unreliable.
2020 31 January The United Kingdom leaves the European Union. 23 March - 2021 A national lockdown takes place due to the coronavirus pandemic. Freedom of movement is restricted and this becomes enforceable in law. Non-essential shops and services close. 2021 9 April Death of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, at the age of 99. 2022 6 February
The history of Iran (or Persia, as it was commonly known in the Western world) is intertwined with that of Greater Iran, a sociocultural region spanning the area between Anatolia in the west and the Indus River and Syr Darya in the east, and between the Caucasus and Eurasian Steppe in the north and the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman in the south. Central to this area is the modern-day ...
c. 2150–2040 BC – The First Intermediate Period of Egypt, a period of decline in Egyptian central power. [1] c. 2112–2004 BC – The Third Dynasty of Ur. [2] The Ziggurat of Ur is built. Administrative power in Ur is pushed far, with an Ensi, an appointed civil servant, at the head of the constituencies.
Events. c. 16,500 – c. 13,500 BC: Prehistoric hunters ( Paleo-Indians) migrate from Asia across the Bering strait land bridge to settle. 8000 BC: Ice age ending. Rising waters cover Bering land bridge. 5200 BC: The Stó:lō people are living alongside the Fraser River near what is now Mission, B.C.
37 B.C. 9 Herodes and Sosius capture Jerusalem. 10 The start of Herodes' reign as king of Judaea. 13 Antigonus is executed, by order of Antonius. 16 Agrippa trains a new fleet in a specially constructed harbour on the Lucrine Lake. 18 Herodes appoints Ananel to be high priest of the Jews. 36 B.C. 3 Antonius re-distributes the territory of the ...
