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<oembed><version>1.0</version><provider_name>Christian Pure</provider_name><provider_url>https://christianpure.com/nl</provider_url><title>BC and AD: What They Mean, Who Began Them and Why</title><type>rich</type><width>600</width><height>338</height><html>&lt;p class="cppw-embed-teaser"&gt;BC is "before Christ" and AD is anno Domini, "in the year of the Lord". Who began the count, why there is no year zero, and how BCE and CE differ.&lt;/p&gt;</html><thumbnail_url>https://i0.wp.com/christianpure.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_00024.webp?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1</thumbnail_url><thumbnail_width>800</thumbnail_width><thumbnail_height>600</thumbnail_height></oembed>
