Dates & Periodization Flashcards
1
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A.D.
A
Latin: Anno Domini
“In the year of the Lord”
2
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B.C.
A
Before Christ
3
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B.C.E.
A
Before the Common (Christian) Era
4
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C.E.
A
In the Common (Christian) Era
5
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Classical Antiquity
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ca. 700 B.C. - 476 A.D.
6
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The Visigoths Sack Rome
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410 A.D.
7
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The Great Pestilence (Black Death)
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ca. 1347 - 1353 A.D.
8
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Columbus lands on San Salvador
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1492 A.D.
9
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The “Hundred Years” War between England and France
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A
1337 - 1453 A.D.
10
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The American Civil War
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1861 - 1865 A.D.
11
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ca.
A
Abbreviation for Latin circa, “around, about, approximately”
12
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WWI
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World War I
1914 - 1918 A.D.
13
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WWII
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A
World War II
1939 - 1945 A.D.
14
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The American Revolutionary War
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1775 - 1783 A.D.
15
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Octavian named Augustus, the first Roman Emperor
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27 B.C.