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century

vr.tr.century · XCT.TME

Let an agent explain centuries, relay counting conventions, naming, historical periodisation and other senses from calendar and historical sources, and distinguish centuries from decades, millennia, eras and centuries in sport or military units.

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Research draft, second pass

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Purpose and description

Let an agent explain centuries, relay counting conventions, naming, historical periodisation and other senses from calendar and historical sources, and distinguish centuries from decades, millennia, eras and centuries in sport or military units.

A period of 100 years, in the Gregorian calendar conventionally counted from year 1 to year 100 for the 1st century AD, so that the 21st century runs from 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2100, although popular usage often treats years such as 2000 to 2099 as a century; centuries are named in ordinal form, with the 1900s being the 20th century, and historians sometimes use concepts such as the long 19th century from 1789 to 1914. The word also names groups of 100, such as a cricket score of 100 runs and the Roman centuria.

What it is for: Organising time in hundred-year periods.

It can be explain counting conventions; relay naming and periodisation; describe other senses; distinguish related periods.

Distinguishing features

Hundred-year span

Ordinal naming

Counting ambiguity

Periodisation tool

What it looks like

Not a physical object; a calendar interval.

Physical character

length: 100 years

21st century: 2001-2100 years - strict convention

long 19th century: 1789-1914 note - Hobsbawm, attributed

How it is recognised

Period of 100 years

Century, hundred years

Decades are 10 years; millennia are 1,000 years; eras are variable; cricket centuries and Roman centuries are other senses

Related models

is a kind of - in registry terms

time interval

contains -

decade

is part of -

millennium

is contrasted with - other sense

century (cricket)

In practice

Families and kinds

centuries BC and AD

long and short centuries in historiography

centuries in other calendars

Standards and regulation

ISO 8601 date representation

Style guides on century naming

Failure modes and hazards

Confusing 1900s and 19th century

Year zero errors

Treating periodisation as fixed

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Also registered as vr.tr.century

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What a century is.

Definition.

Definition

Definition.

Definition

Definition.

  1. What is a century, and how does it differ from decades, millennia, eras and other senses of century? definition
  2. Is the question about calendars, history, sport or language? boundary

Naming

Naming.

Naming

Naming.

  1. Why are the 1900s called the 20th century? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific century? action
Calendar Counting.

Sources.

Year zero

No year zero.

Year zero

Year zero.

  1. Why did the 21st century start in 2001 under the strict convention? measurement
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

BC and AD

BC and AD centuries.

BC and AD

BC and AD.

  1. How are centuries counted before and after AD 1? measurement
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance
History Periodisation.

Attribution.

Long centuries

Long and short centuries.

Long centuries

Long centuries.

  1. Why do historians speak of the long 19th and short 20th centuries, with views attributed? provenance
  2. Which entry fits long nineteenth century? action

Millennium

Millennium debate.

Millennium

Millennium.

  1. What was debated about whether 2000 or 2001 began the new millennium? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral and attributed? boundary
Context Other senses.

Context.

Cricket

Cricket century.

Cricket

Cricket.

  1. What is a century in cricket? provenance
  2. Which entry fits century (cricket)? action

Rome

Roman centuria.

Rome

Rome.

  1. What was a Roman century as a military and voting unit? provenance
  2. Which entry fits centuria? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should individual centuries be linked as instances?
  • How should historiographical periodisation be presented?
  • Should other senses be disambiguated?