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Answer: The first year in the second millennium was year 1001.


Now you are ready to work out whether the next millennium begins in 2000 or 2001. To make it easier for you, here are some tables:

decades

  begins ends
1st decade 1 10
2nd decade 11 20
9th decade 91 100
 

centuries

  begins ends
1st century 1 100
2nd century 101 200
9th century 901 1000
 

millenniums

  begins ends
1st millennium 1      1000     
2nd millennium 1001     
3rd millennium

Put the correct dates in the boxes and then press the button to see if you were right.

   

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