The timeline shows the start dates of major world religions. How is an approximate year communicated on this timeline?

a=bce

b=CE

c=ca

D=trick mark

A=bce

Explanation:

An approximate year is communicated on the timeline that shows the start dates of major world religions as A=bce.

BCE which simply means Before Common Era or Before Current era and the main reason for using BCE as against AD which means " in the year of the Lord" and BC which also stands for "Before Christ" is to steer clear of reference to Christianity.

The term "Common era" is being use in English as far back as early 1708 and it became more acceptable and widely used by the Jewish religion scholars during the mid 19th century.