In about 300 BCE, Greek philosopher Epicurus proposed that the universe's boundaries were limitless and that space was full of other worlds.
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Bce
Synonyms for "bce" (8 found)
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Adverb(1 words)
b.c.e.
Noun(1 words)
bc era
Strong matches (2)
Noun(2 words)
bc periodbefore common era
Related words (4)
Noun(4 words)
before the common eradate notationhistorical dating conventionprecommon era
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7 entriescalendar designationcalendar eradating conventiondating standardnotation conventiontemporal designationtime designation
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7 entriescentury BCEearly BCEfifth century BCEfourth century BCElate BCEthird century BCEyear BCE
Collocations
10 entriesBCE calendarBCE chronologyBCE dateBCE datingBCE eraBCE timelinebefore common eraearly BCElate BCEyear BCE
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
2 entriesBCE dating labelBefore Common Era expansion
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The Greeks discovered the Italian peninsula in the 7th century BCE.
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Since the end of the eighteenth century, the group of peoples who spread, probably from the Arabian peninsula, to Mesopotamia, Syria and Palestine around 3000 BCE — and, before 700 BC from southern Arabia to Abyssinia, on the opposite African mainland — have been designated as Semites. They were so called after Shem, who, according to the first Book of Moses, chapter 10, was the eldest son of Noah.
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Historically speaking, writing on paper has been around since 300 BCE, but archaeologically, there is only evidence from 100 BCE.
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