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3. Timelines Gregorian calendar Conce ts Saka calendar Timelines Use and BC/AD twat. Look at the followi...

3. Timelines Gregorian calendar Conce ts Saka calendar Timelines Use and BC/AD twat. Look at the following events and number them in the as they happened in the correct sequence past. HANDR GREGORIAN CALENDAR In Class 3, you learnt about the use of calendars. Let us now learn about the type of calendars in the world. In the past, the first calendarswere developed to track the seasons and farming schedules. Some calendars recorded historic or religious events. The calendar we use today is called the Gregorian calendar. The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used calendar in the world today. It is a solar calendar based on a 365-day common A sculptureof PopeGregoryXlll of Italy, who was known for creating year divided into 12 months of irregular lengths. theGregorian calendar. 25 11 of the months have either 30 or 31 days, while the second month' February, has only 28 days during the common year. However,after every four years there is a leap year, when one extra day is added as 29 February, making the leap Yearin the Gregorian calendar 366 days long. This calendar first came up in Europe in the year 1582. As the ruling powers of Europe were Christian, the birth OfJesus Christ became the starting point of this calendar. Months of the Gre orian Calendar 1. January 2. February 3. March 4. April 5. May 6.June 7. July 8. August 9. September 10. October 11. November 12. December SAKA CALENDAR The Indian government, afterindependence All festivals and holidays in : adopted the Saka calendar as the official Indiaarecalculated according calendar of India. It was to be used along e, totheSakacalendar. with the Gregorian calendar. The Saka year is the starting point of this calendar. It is very similar to the Gregorian calendar as it also has 12.nonths and both are solar calendars. They both have 365 days in a normal year and 366 days in a leap year. The only difference is that the Saka calendar begins with the month Chaitra,which is equal to 22,March in the Gregorian calendar. As the Saka calendar started in the year every date is 78 years less in comparison to the Gregorian calendar. For example, if this is year 2QZin the Gregorian calendar, it would be year 2024-78=1946 according to the Saka calendar. Months of the Saka Calendar 1. Chaitra 2. Vaisäkha 3. Jyaistha 4. Asädha 5. Srävana A. Bhädra 7. Asvina 8. Kärtika 9. Agrahayana 10. Pausa 11. Mägha 12. Phälguna 26  What would the following years be according to the Saka calendar? 2010 1999 1880 TIMELINES A timeline is a chronological sequence of events that occurred in the past: A timeline presents the events or happenings in the order in which they occurred. Timelines are very useful in understanding history. They help us to understand a historical period relating it to the time before and after it. BC stands for: Before Christ AD stands for: Anno Domini (in the year of our Lord, Jesus Christ) Most people in Europe were Christians in the sixteenth century. Therefore, according to them the birth of Jesus Christ was a major event. The year of his birth is numbered as 1. All the years that come after his birth have AD written before them. King Ashoka died 232 years before the birth of Christ. So, the date will be written as 232 BC (note: BC comes after the year). of Christ and so the date will be written Guru Nanak Dev Ji was born after the birth as AD 1469. Guru Nanak Dev Ji Jesus Christ Kin Ashoka progressive in time chronological: sequential,  Domini-AD) After Christ (Anno BeforeChrist (BC) 900 1200 1500 300 600 1200 900 600 300 1500 Birth of Christ Birth of Guru Nanak Dev Ji Death of King Ashoka (AD 1469) (232 BC) BCE The letters CEor BCEin conjunction with a year WiseOwl Asks mean after or before the year 1. Why do you think CE and BCE was introduced instead + CEis an abbreviation for Common Era. of AD and BC? BCEis short for Before Common Era calendars in the world The oldest calendar may be 30,000 years old! There are many birth ofa religious that follow different 'starting points' for the timeline. It may be the leader or a prophet or a civilisation. CE and BCE are used in exactly the same way as the traditional AD and BC. As BC abbreviations and AD have religiousassociations o many people prefer to use the neutral CE and BCE to indicate if a year is before or after the year 1. Though both systems most countrieshave acceptable, now replacedBC and AD with BCE and CE, respectively. Ancient Mayan calendar from Central America How to calculate dates? We take the birth of Christ as the 'mid-point'. For BCE,we calculate the dates backward.The closer we come to the birth of Christ, the numbers decrease. For CE,we calculate the dates forward. Here, the numbers keep increasing. As we come conjunction: along with I prophet: a person regarded as an inspired teacher or the spokesperson of God nearer to the year of the birth of Christ, the dates in BCEreduce. 50 BCEcomes after 100 BCE. But, as we come nearer to the present, the dates in AD increase. 50 CE comes before 100 CE. BCE Birth of Christ CE 250 200 150 100 50 1 50 100 150 200 250 Now, fillin the missing dates. BCE CE 1-IOO 300 200 100 ant 400 500