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The 1st century BC, also known as the last century BC and the last century BCE, started on the first day of 100 BC and ended on the last day of 1 BC. The AD/BC notation does not use a year zero ; however, astronomical year numbering does use a zero, as well as a minus sign, so "2 BC" is equal to "year –1".
The date used as the end of the ancient era is arbitrary. The transition period from Classical Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages is known as Late Antiquity.Late Antiquity is a periodization used by historians to describe the transitional centuries from Classical Antiquity to the Middle Ages, in both mainland Europe and the Mediterranean world: generally from the end of the Roman Empire's ...
Year 100 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Marius and Flaccus (or, less frequently, year 654 Ab urbe condita ) and the First Year of Tianhan .
100 BC: Walrus ivory is carved into Okvik figures, other ornaments, and implements on the St. Lawrence and Punuk Islands in the Bering Strait; semi-subterranean houses are built. [1] 100 BC–500 AD: The Hopewell tradition begins flourishing in much of the East, with copper mining centered in the Great Lakes region.
The earliest known world maps date to classical ... is commonly dated to the 6th century BCE. [5] The map as reconstructed by Eckhard Unger ... 100 Maps That Changed ...
Century Decades 15th millennium BC · 15,000–14,001 BC ; 14th millennium BC · 14,000–13,001 BC ; 13th millennium BC · 13,000–12,001 BC ; 12th millennium BC ...
[99] [100] [101] 8800 BC – 7000 BC: Byblos appears to have been settled during the PPNB period. Neolithic remains of some buildings can be observed at the site. [102] [103] 8500 BC: Earliest supposed date for the domestication of cattle. [104] 8000 BC: Earliest dates suggested for the domestication of the goat. [105]
The earliest date for structures and artefacts at Star Carr, Yorkshire, a site then inhabited for around 800 years. [17] c. 7600 BC Howick house, Northumberland, a Mesolithic building with stone tools, nut shells and bone fragments. c. 7150 BC Cheddar Man, the oldest complete human skeleton in Britain; c. 6500-6200 BC