38th century BC

Millennium:	4th millennium BC
Centuries:	39th century BC 38th century BC 37th century BC
Timelines:	39th century BC 38th century BC 37th century BC
State leaders:	39th century BC 38th century BC 37th century BC
Decades:	3790s BC 3780s BC 3770s BC 3760s BC 3750s BC 3740s BC 3730s BC 3720s BC 3710s BC 3700s BC
Categories:	Births – Deaths Establishments – Disestablishments

The 38th century BC was a century which lasted from the year 3800 BC to 3701 BC.

Events

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The Jewish calendar's reference point in 3761 BC is traditionally held to be about one year before the creation of Adam and Eve.

• An earthquake near a Neolithic culture at Sotira in Cyprus destroys much of the local infrastructure.
• Ubaid period came to an abrupt end in eastern Arabia and the Oman peninsula at 3800 BC.
• In Syria, mass graves at Tell Brak, dating from c. 3800 to 3600 BC, have been unearthed, suggesting advanced warfare around this period.
• 3800–2700 BC – Dolmen of Dombate (Galicia)
• 3800–3200 BC – 120 Wedge tombs (Ireland)
• 3761 BC – the first year of the Hebrew calendar
• c. 3750 BC – Disintegration of the Proto-Semitic language

Calendar epochs

See also: Holocene calendar

• 25th of Elul, 7 October 3761 BC — Considered the first day of creation from formless matter (Gen. 1.2), traditionally interpreted as out of nothing, on which the Bible recalls that God created existence, time, matter, darkness and light.
• 1st of Tishrei, 12 October 3761 BC — Considered the sixth day of creation (Rosh Hashanah Day 1), on which the Bible recalls that God created Adam and Eve.

See also

• 3760

References

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