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time is a what

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human made concept

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Time was made to

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understand the past present and future and to help organize and coordinate events

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an early device that the time is showed by a a show cased onto a plate marked with hours of the day

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Sundial

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A early device used to measure time during the night in the absence of sunlight

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Clepsydra

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A early device that measure time by letting sand run through a narrow opening

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hourglass

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One of the ways we can describe time where it is in precise periods, dates and times *E.g my sister was born on january 6th

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Absolute time

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One of the ways to describe time where it is measured in relation to other things *E.g Vine was cool when I graduated highschool

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Relative Time

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What is this an example of (Describing time): I was born on June 27th 1995

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Absolute time

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what is this an example of (describing time): Lily is older than her brother but younger than her sister

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Relative time

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What is this an example of (describing time): I learned to walk before i learned to talk

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Relative time

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What is this an example of (describing time): Afternoon classes start at 1:07 PM

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Absolute time

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What is this an example of (describing time): My grandmother was born before airplanes were invented

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Relative time

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What is this an example of (describing time): I have a doctors appoint at 3:25 today

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Absolute time

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This is one way we record time which is a record of natural cycles such as days and seasons in a trendy to live in harmony with the natural world and happen over and over again E.g seasons and days

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Cyclical Time

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This is one of the ways we measure time which is a record of events in a sequence from the past to the present, organizing it at a personal and historical level E.g opening of before road collegiate in 1923, The jurassic period, your birthday etc

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Linear time

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What is this an example of (measuring time): World war I 1914-1918

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Linear

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What is this an example of (measuring time): First day of school is in september

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Cyclical

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What is this an example of (measuring time): 1867 - Creation of Canada

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Linear

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What is this an example of (measuring time): Buiding of the Great Pyramid in Egypt (2570 BCE)

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Linear

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What is this an example of (Measuring time): 24 hour day

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Cyclical

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What is this an example of (measuring time): Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor (Dec. 7, 1941)

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Linear

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What is subjective time

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it is our personal experience and is based on our individual point of view E.g My classes are going by quickly

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What is historical time

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Historical time is the period of time since people started keeping record of historical events and is measuring in years decades and century’s

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Is this an example of historical or subjective time: It felt like practice went by fast!

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Subjective

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Is this an example of historical or subjective time: Class went by fast today!

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Subjective

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What is historical time measured in?

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years, decades, centuries, and millenniums

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365 days is also

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a year

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10 years is also

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a decade

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100 years is also

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a century

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1000 years is also

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a millennium

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What does B.C mean

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The time before christ

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what does A.D stand for

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The time after christ

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Why aren’t A.D and B.C usually used any more

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because they focus too much on christianity

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What do historians often use to describe time periods

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B.C.E and C.E

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What does B.C.E stand for

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Before common era

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What does C.E stand for

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common era

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Is there such thing as zero (as in right between BCE and CE)

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Nope there is not a definite point the birth of christ was most likely within 3-6 years of this date

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Does BCE go from smallest to largest or largest to smallest (is the biggest number the newest or oldest year)

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it goes from smallest to largest (the biggest number is the oldest year)

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Does CE go from biggest to smallest or smallest to biggest (the biggest number is or isn’t closest to the present year)

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smallest to largest (the biggest number is closest to the present)

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What century is this: 1901-2000 CE

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20th century

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How do you tell what century it is? (BCE)

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the first two numbers in the last year in the range

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What century is this: 5000-4901 BCE

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50th century

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How do you tell what century it is? (CE)

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first two numbers in the first year of the range

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is this CE or BCE and what century? 1901-2000

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CE and the 20th century

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is this CE or BCE and what century? 5000-4901

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CE and the 50th century

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is this CE or BCE and what century? 1501-1601

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CE and 16th century

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is this CE or BCE and what century? 6000-5901

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BCE and the 60th century

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is this CE or BCE and what century? 1401-1500

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CE and the 15th century

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is this CE or BCE and what century? 8000-7901

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BCE and the 80th century

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What is the range of years for this century? 9th century BCE

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900-801

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What is the range of years for this century? 40th century BCE

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4000-3901

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What is the range of years for this century? 19th century CE

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1801-1900

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What is the range of years for this century? 13th century CE

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1201-1300

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What century does this year belong to? 2021 CE

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21st century

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What century does this year belong to? 1767 CE

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18th century

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What century does this year belong to? 4991 BCE

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50th century

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What century does this year belong to? 807 BCE

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9th century

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Which year is older? 1452 BCE or 1352 BCE

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1352

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Which year is older? 809 BCE or 4467 BC

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4467

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Which year is older? 1467 CE or 2021 CE

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1467

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