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• B.C.E.
  B.C.E.

  abbreviation

  Bachelor of Chemical Engineering.
• BCE
  BCE

  abbreviation

  Before Common Era (used, esp by non-Christians, in numbering years _bc )

B.C.E.

American  

abbreviation

1. Bachelor of Chemical Engineering.

2. Bachelor of Christian Education.

3. Bachelor of Civil Engineering.

4. before (the) Common Era.

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BCE British  

abbreviation

1. Before Common Era (used, esp by non-Christians, in numbering years _bc )

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BCE Scientific  

1. Abbreviation for before the Common Era.

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B.C.E. Cultural  

1. An abbreviation sometimes used in place of b.c. It means “before the Common Era.”

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B.C.E. BCE

It may date from the second or third century B.C.E., potentially making it one of the oldest scrolls in the Herculaneum collection.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

The Tebtunis papyri include fragments dating from 300 B.C.E. to 300 C.E.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

By the first millennium B.C.E., it ranked among the “five grains,” the staple crops recognized in early Chinese texts.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

The Grave Creek Mound itself was constructed by members of the mound-building Native American Adena culture, which existed from about 500 B.C.E. to 100 C.E.

From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2023

Strewn across the benches were old magazines: Highlights for Children, Autumn, 20 B.C.E.;

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

The tablet records a royal grant and indicates that Tiglath-pileser probably ruled from roughly 763-762 BCE before eventually being deposed.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026

Edmonds and Frahm suggest that a previously unrecognized Aššur-uballit ruled from 913-912 BCE.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026

Based on Homer's epic, Nolan's film retraces the hero Odysseus in a perilous journey to his home on the island of Ithaca after the Trojan War in the 12th century BCE.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

Find insight on Angi, Arm Holdings, BCE and more in the latest Market Talks covering technology, media and telecom.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

He scheduled the invasion of Parthia to begin in the spring of 36 BCE.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby

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