What are some of the flemish and dutch traditions the artist used in the image above ?

2018 means 2018 ce or common era

there have been other eras too including bce, which included way more years.

no options provided, here,but the answer to this question is often: a historian cites a japanese newspaper article published a year after the end of world war ii in order to draw conclusions about the effect of the war on the japanese economy.

clearly from the answer, the historian alludes to historical sources,and records to aid in analyzing and drawing conclusion on the effect of the war on the economy of japan.