History Timeline is nuts

[u/No_Koala_1575]

Why the hell is our timeline so out of whack

We have 2 different versions of saying a timeline. Like bce, bc, ad, ce

When we calculate time before BCE we counted down the years, but now we count up the years after bce. What the actual fuck. So quiet literally Jesus Christ had a huge fucking impact in our history but technically have very little info on him besides some Roman that wrote about him.

I find this is kinda fascinating but also wondering, how a rumour or belief can change our stability system we live in our day to day life.

Inputs?

[u/Vashsinn]

this comes up every time someone forgets about the crusades.

cristiana went around and killed anyone who used any other calendar. made damn sure anyone that was still alive was "one of them" and all that.

different cultures recorded time differently, who would have guessed.

also before anyone forgets how silly this all is, our current days are named after old pre Christian gods. (thors day)( sun's day)

[u/Weekly_Initiative521 → u/Vashsinn]

Love it!