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"text": "Socrates was tried and executed in the year 399 BCE."
},
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"ref": "2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Angara: History Codex entry",
"text": "We now know that circa 1600 BCE, the angara were created and seeded across Heleus by the Jardaan. Records of this process are less substantial than ancient angaran history, but it was apparently in service of a grand experiment.",
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"ref": "2017, Mark Littmann, Fred Espenak, “Ancient Efforts to Understand”, in Totality: The Great American Eclipses of 2017 and 2024, Oxford University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 38",
"text": "The earliest reliable accounts of Chinese eclipses come from Spring and Autumn Annals (Ch’un-ch’iu), recording eclipses from 772 to 481 BCE, including a total solar eclipse in 709 BCE.",
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"Initialism of Before Common Era (Before the Common Era, before Common Era, before the Common Era), Before Current Era (Before the Current Era, before current era, before the current era), or before Christian Era."
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"(chronology) Initialism of Before Common Era (Before the Common Era, before Common Era, before the Common Era), Before Current Era (Before the Current Era, before current era, before the current era), or before Christian Era."
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"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "para erës sonë"
},
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"alt": "преди новата ера=pred novata era",
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pr.n.e.",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "пр.н.е."
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"roman": "gōngyuán qián",
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"sense": "before the common era",
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"sense": "before the common era",
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "gewone tijdrekening"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "eaa."
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "av. n. è. (avant notre ère)"
},
{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "before the common era",
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "before the common era",
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "av. è. c. (avant l'ère commune)"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "čv. c̣.-mde",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "ჩვ. წ.-მდე"
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"roman": "čvens c̣eltaɣricxvamde",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "ჩვენს წელთაღრიცხვამდე"
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"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "ახალ წელთაღრიცხვამდე"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "v. u. Z. (vor unserer Zeitrechnung)"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "v. d. Z. (vor der Zeitrechnung/vor der Zeitenwende)"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "p.K.E.",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "π.Κ.Ε."
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "i. e. (időszámításunk előtt)"
},
{
"code": "it",
"english": "avanti Cristo",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "a.C."
},
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"alt": "біздің заманымызға дейін",
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"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "b. z. d.",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "б. з. д."
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"lang": "Korean",
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"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "기원전"
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{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "ante aer. vulg."
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{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "ante aer. comm."
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"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "pr. m. e. (prieš mūsų erą)"
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"alt": "пред нашата ера=pred nášata éra",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "p.n.e.",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "п.н.е."
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "p.n.e. (przed naszą erą)"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "p.Chr. (przed Chrystusem)"
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"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "î.e.n. (înainte de eră noastră)"
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"code": "ru",
"english": "do n. e.",
"lang": "Russian",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "до н. э."
},
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "do nášej éry",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "до на́шей э́ры"
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"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "pred n. l."
},
{
"code": "sk",
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"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "p.n.l. (pred naším letopočtom)"
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"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "pr. n. št. (pred našim štetjem)"
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"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "f.v.t."
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "fvt (före vår tideräkning)"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "M.Ö. (milattan önce)"
},
{
"alt": "trước Công Nguyên, 𠓀公元",
"code": "vi",
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"sense": "before the common era",
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}
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"word": "BCE"
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"text": "Socrates was tried and executed in the year 399 BCE."
},
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"ref": "2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Angara: History Codex entry",
"text": "We now know that circa 1600 BCE, the angara were created and seeded across Heleus by the Jardaan. Records of this process are less substantial than ancient angaran history, but it was apparently in service of a grand experiment.",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "2017, Mark Littmann, Fred Espenak, “Ancient Efforts to Understand”, in Totality: The Great American Eclipses of 2017 and 2024, Oxford University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 38",
"text": "The earliest reliable accounts of Chinese eclipses come from Spring and Autumn Annals (Ch’un-ch’iu), recording eclipses from 772 to 481 BCE, including a total solar eclipse in 709 BCE.",
"type": "quotation"
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"Initialism of Before Common Era (Before the Common Era, before Common Era, before the Common Era), Before Current Era (Before the Current Era, before current era, before the current era), or before Christian Era."
],
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"(chronology) Initialism of Before Common Era (Before the Common Era, before Common Era, before the Common Era), Before Current Era (Before the Current Era, before current era, before the current era), or before Christian Era."
],
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"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "para erës sonë"
},
{
"alt": "преди новата ера=pred novata era",
"code": "bg",
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"roman": "pr.n.e.",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "пр.н.е."
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"roman": "gōngyuán qián",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "公元前"
},
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "př. n. l. (před naším letopočtem)"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "f.v.t. (før vor tidsregning)"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "onze jaartelling"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "gewone tijdrekening"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "eaa."
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "av. n. è. (avant notre ère)"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "AEC"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "AÈC"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "av. è. c. (avant l'ère commune)"
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{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "čv. c̣.-mde",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "ჩვ. წ.-მდე"
},
{
"alt": "ax. c̣.–mde",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "ახ. წ.–მდე"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "čvens c̣eltaɣricxvamde",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "ჩვენს წელთაღრიცხვამდე"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "axal c̣eltaɣricxvamde",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "ახალ წელთაღრიცხვამდე"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "v. u. Z. (vor unserer Zeitrechnung)"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "v. d. Z. (vor der Zeitrechnung/vor der Zeitenwende)"
},
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "p.K.E.",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "π.Κ.Ε."
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "i. e. (időszámításunk előtt)"
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{
"code": "it",
"english": "avanti Cristo",
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"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "a.C."
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"alt": "біздің заманымызға дейін",
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"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "b. z. d.",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "б. з. д."
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"alt": "紀元前",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "giwonjeon",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "기원전"
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{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "ante aer. vulg."
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "ante aer. comm."
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "pr. m. e. (prieš mūsų erą)"
},
{
"alt": "пред нашата ера=pred nášata éra",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "p.n.e.",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "п.н.е."
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "p.n.e. (przed naszą erą)"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "p.Chr. (przed Chrystusem)"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "î.e.n. (înainte de eră noastră)"
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"code": "ru",
"english": "do n. e.",
"lang": "Russian",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "до н. э."
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "do nášej éry",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "до на́шей э́ры"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "pred n. l."
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{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "p.n.l. (pred naším letopočtom)"
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{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "pr. n. št. (pred našim štetjem)"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "f.v.t."
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "fvt (före vår tideräkning)"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "M.Ö. (milattan önce)"
},
{
"alt": "trước Công Nguyên, 𠓀公元",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "before the common era",
"word": "TCN"
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"word": "BCE"
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