B.C. English

Meaning B.C. meaning

What does B.C. mean?

B.C.

— adverb (= BC) before the Christian era; used following dates before the supposed year Christ was born in 200 BC

Examples B.C. examples

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Simple sentences

First came the Celts in 600 B.C.

And then the Romans came in 55 B. C.

In 776 B.C., the first Olympic Games were held at the foot of Mount Olympus to honor the Greeks' chief god, Zeus.

Cleopatra became the queen of Egypt in the year 51 B.C.

News and current affairs

Early biotechnology--the application of biological systems to technical or industrial processes--dates to 6000 B.C., when the Babylonians used specialized microorganisms in fermentation to brew alcoholic beverages.

The four main culprits are hepatitis B and C (hepB and hepC), human papillomavirus (HPV), and Helicobacter pylori, which are collectively responsible for 1.9 million cases of liver, cervical, and gastric cancer annually.

He began by defining three terms: the genetic relatedness between individuals (labeled r), the cost of an act of goodness (c), and the benefit that a recipient obtained when someone was nice to him or her (b).

Fruits and vegetables are sources of numerous micronutrients, and some, including b-carotene (a precursor of vitamin A), vitamin C, vitamin E, and selenium, have potential as antioxidants.