Millennia Ago

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
MA
Pronunciation
/məˈlɛniə əˈgoʊ/
Category
Miscellaneous
Related Field
Unit Measures

Examples in Context

  1. The Chinese characters, invented by our ancestors several millennia ago, are still being used today.
  2. Two millennia ago, when those Wise Men presented the first Christmas gifts to the baby Jesus, money and riches were tangible, physical things : you could touch gold coins, and carry them around, before exchanging them for items such as myrrh.
  3. More than two millennia ago the diligent and courageous people of Eurasia explored and opened up several routes of trade and cultural exchanges that linked the major civilizations of Asia, Europe and Africa, collectively called the Silk Road by later generations.
  4. If anything, such forecasts of an impending ice age were actually understated : new ice sheets should have begun to grow several millennia ago.
  5. A couple of hours upriver are two more unusual temples, hidden in caves carved out of the cliffs by the Mekong millennia ago.

Other meanings of MA