How long ago was the BC years?

Answer 1

I assume you mean the traditional way Western Civilization's scholars (most of whom were Christian) have been using to date ancient peoples, places, events, things since c. 1500 A.D. In this system B.C. = Before (the birth of) Christ, and A.D. = Anno Domini (the year of our Lord) i.e., after Jesus' birth or since the beginning of the Christian era; sometimes also read as After (the) Death (of our Lord, i.e., Jesus). However, as this is an arbitrarily biased view/way of reconing human history by modern world scientific views, historians & scientists have lately started adopting the use of a new system: B.C.E. & C.E. B.C.E. = Before (the) Common Era, and C.E. = (in or of the) Common Era, i.e., before 2000 years ago & after 2000 years ago. This method removes the religious/cultural prejudce but still leaves the (now) universial standard way the world has come to use re understanding & calulating time & dates vis-a-vis human history. Still, even this way can be said to be both biased & arbitrary, which is why many professional researchers are now starting to opt for the more senseable & simpler B.P., i.e., Before (the) Present (whatever 'x' number of years before the present date, e.g., Augustus Ceasar died 1995 years B.P.)...

Answer 2

all the years before 1AD counting in the opposite direction, that is, the longer ago the bigger the number