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Why did the historicans replace the ad-be dating system with the bce-ce system

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because B.C stands for Before Christ and A.D means the year of our lord so historians took a turn from the traditional christian time method and made it B.C.E (before common era) and C.E (common Era)

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because B.C stands for Before Christ and A.D means the year of our lord so historians took a turn from the traditional christian time method and made it B.C.E (before common era) and C.E (common Era) 
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