II.

Timelines

A Decade = _____________
years
10
A Millennium =____________
years
1,000
A Century= ____________years
100

How Do We Keep Track of Dates?

B.C: Before Christ (everything before the year 0)
B.C. will be written after the year
B.C.E (Before the Common Era)
A.D.
Latin words - Anno Domini- meaning in the year of our Lord refers
to the years from the birth of Christ up to the present.
everything after the year 0
A.D. will written before the year
C.E. Common Era
- Instead of A.D, many writers and historians now use C.E.

How should present time (August 7, 2013) be

identified? B.C. or A.D.?

Timelines can be vertical or horizontal

Directions: Create a timeline in your notes. Put the

events & dates in chronological order from the
earliest to the most recent. (5 minutes)
500 B.C. Persian Wars begin
A.D 520 Mohammed the Prophet is born
1800 B.C. Hebrews migrate to Egypt
A.D. 1291 Crusades end
1760 B.C. Shang Family rules China
A.D. 2002/2003 YOU WERE BORN

____________________________________________________
1800
1760
500
A.D
A.D.
A.D.
B.C.
B.C.
B.C.
520
1291
2002
or 3

(title)

EVENTS IN MIDDLE EASTERN HISTORY

First
(events)
Crusaders
Constantinople
Abbasid
Invade
Mohammed Caliphate is
Crusades is taken by
the Holy
Turks
is born
end
founded
Land
____________________________________________________
520

750

1096

1291

1453

(dates)

1. How many years are covered by the timeline?

2. What event happened first: the fall of Constantinople or the invasion of
the Holy Land in the 1st Crusade?
3. Between which two events on the timeline would you place the destruction
of Baghdad by the Mongols in 1258?

SAMPLE MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Which groups of dates is arranged in correct

chronological order (by time)?
a. 123 B.C., 124 B.C., 18 B.C., A.D. 1985
b. 37 B.C., 38 B.C., A.D. 98 , A.D.1995
c. A.D. 557 , 234 B.C., A.D. 56 , 22 B.C.

Centuries
A.D. 0-99- 1st century
A.D. 100-199 - 2nd century
A.D. 200-299 - 3rd century
A.D. 300-399- 4th century
1500-1599- _____ Century
1900-1999- ______Century
2000 2099 - ______Century Century

What century are we in?

1ST
-100

2ND
100

200

300

3RD

Examples: What century?

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