Ancestral, historic & prehistoric dating

[Handsome Rob]

So....I don't really study history, per se, but I do listen to a lot of historic podcasts & read a lot of old, historic literature. 

I wanna know, as a non-secular, historically interested dude: when did BC & AD become BCE & CE? 

I have always worked on the idea that BC was Before Christ, year 0 & worked backwards. IE: 1200 BC was 1200yrs before Jesus was invented (0 minus1200) & 1200 AD was 1200 years after Jesus was invented (did I mention I was non secular?  Sorry. I meant atheist) ie: the year 1200.

When did it become Before Common Era & Common Era??? 

My brain automatically, being & heathen & not knowing any better, immediately transposed it as 'before christ existed' & 'Christ's extinct'...... And why 'Common' Era? Do modern historians only publish & work with non judeo-christian fellows? 

Not trying to be inflammatory, I'm just asking.....

Is it religious? Scientific? Political??? I really don't understand WHY it changed! 

Edited September 12, 2021 by Handsome Rob

[Grunt67]

1 hour ago, Handsome Rob said:

So....I don't really study history, per se, but I do listen to a lot of historic podcasts & read a lot of old, historic literature. 

I wanna know, as a non-secular, historically interested dude: when did BC & AD become BCE & CE? 

I have always worked on the idea that BC was Before Christ, year 0 & worked backwards. IE: 1200 BC was 1200yrs before Jesus was invented (0 minus1200) & 1200 AD was 1200 years after Jesus was invented (did I mention I was non secular?  Sorry. I meant atheist) ie: the year 1200.

When did it become Before Common Era & Common Era??? 

My brain automatically, being & heathen & not knowing any better, immediately transposed it as 'before christ existed' & 'Christ's extinct'...... And why 'Common' Era? Do modern historians only publish & work with non judeo-christian fellows? 

Not trying to be inflammatory, I'm just asking.....

Is it religious? Scientific? Political??? I really don't understand WHY it changed! 

I always thought BC was before Clinton.

[No_0ne]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Era

[Quavodus]

I'd noticed this too Rob. 

[ReeferMac]

I like history too, wha podcasts?

Currently slogging through tbe History of Rome, but its so repetitive. Theres a fight, rome loses, they fight again, rome wins, the end. Next week rome will fight again!

[Handsome Rob]

5 minutes ago, ReeferMac said:

I like history too, wha podcasts?

Currently slogging through tbe History of Rome, but its so repetitive. Theres a fight, rome loses, they fight again, rome wins, the end. Next week rome will fight again!

Mostly Texas History Lessons & The Wild West Extravaganza. 

Texas history is very dry & educational,  WWE (formerly Bloody Beaver) is hilarious. Still educational, but done in a lighthearted fashion. Each episode is about a single figure from western history. Texas history literally starts at the Ice Age....

[No_0ne]

2 hours ago, Handsome Rob said:

Mostly Texas History Lessons & The Wild West Extravaganza. 

Texas history is very dry & educational,  WWE (formerly Bloody Beaver) is hilarious. Still educational, but done in a lighthearted fashion. Each episode is about a single figure from western history. Texas history literally starts at the Ice Age....

Almost sounds like a James Michener novel ...

[ReeferMac]

I read (listened to the audio books, I drove a lot for work..) a whole series about a family in and around that area, piqued my interest in the area and time period. Forget the author, but couldn't get enough at the time.

[res308]

Saw the title and thought, well, I’ve never dated in any of those categories except for maybe the prehistoric category, but I’d prefer not to talk about that.