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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">second millennium BCE</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>dates by century or millennium</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>2nd millennium B.C.</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>2nd millennium BCE</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>2nd-millennium BCE</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>millennium, second, BCE</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Millennium in the proleptic Gregorian calendar including the years 1999 to 1000 (or 2000 to 1001) Before Common Era. ]]></note></mads>