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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

Instead, they display levels of complexity and information density similar to proto-cuneiform, the earliest known writing system, which appeared around 3,000 B.C.E., tens of thousands of years later.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 25, 2026

B.C.E., when they suffered a resounding defeat at the hands of the Byzantine Empire—the Avars shifted away from their nomadic lifestyle and settled in villages and farmed cereal crops.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 24, 2024

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

The authors looked at a period of Middle Eastern history between 12,000 and 400 B.C.E. and drew from the skeletal remains of more than 3,500 individuals.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 10, 2023

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

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

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From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

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From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

It is thought he took soldiers and animals from Carthage through Spain and France to invade Italy, crossing the Alps with 37 elephants in 218 BCE during the second of the so-called Punic Wars.

From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026

Radiocarbon testing of the cordage and caulk indicates the boat was built between the 4th and 3rd centuries BCE.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 16, 2026

By around 8500 BCE, societies in all seven areas of settlement were domesticating and cultivating plants.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz