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The '''39th century BC''' was a [[century]] which lasted from the year 3900 BC to 3801 BC.

==Events==
==Events==
[[File:Sweet Track replica.jpg|alt=Two wooden posts set in the ground and crossing at an angle support a wooden board, which disappears into tall green reeds|thumb|A replica of the Sweet Track]]
* The [[Sweet Track]] an ancient [[causeway]] in the [[Somerset Levels]], [[England]], one of the oldest engineered [[road]]s discovered and the oldest [[timber trackway]] discovered in [[Northern Europe]] is built in [[39th century BC|3807 BC]] or [[39th century BC|3806 BC]], [[Dendrochronology|tree-ring dating (Dendrochronology)]] enabled very precise dating. It has been claimed to be the oldest road in the world. <ref Name="Current_Archaeology_172">{{cite web | title = The Somerset Levels (the oldest timber trackway discovered in Northern Europe) | work = Current Archaeology 172 | publisher = Current Archaeology | date = February 2001 | url = http://www.archaeology.co.uk/ca/issues/ca172/ca172.htm | format = Web | doi = | accessdate = March 25, 2007 }}</ref>


* The [[Post Track]], an ancient [[causeway]] in the [[Somerset Levels]], England, is built, c. 3838 BC. It is one of the oldest engineered [[road]]s discovered in [[Northern Europe]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://avalonmarshes.org/the-avalon-marshes/heritage/sweet-track/|title=The Sweet Track & Other Trackways|access-date=8 Mar 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171210175843/https://avalonmarshes.org/the-avalon-marshes/heritage/sweet-track/|archive-date=10 December 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Significant persons==
* The [[Sweet Track]], an ancient causeway also in the Somerset Levels, the oldest [[timber trackway]] discovered in Northern Europe, is built in 3807 BC or 3806 BC; [[Dendrochronology|tree-ring dating (dendrochronology)]] enabled very precise dating.<ref Name="Current_Archaeology_172">{{cite web|title=The Somerset Levels (the oldest timber trackway discovered in Northern Europe) |work=Current Archaeology 172 |url=http://www.archaeology.co.uk/ca/issues/ca172/ca172.htm |access-date=2007-03-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311003620/http://www.archaeology.co.uk/ca/issues/ca172/ca172.htm |archive-date=2007-03-11 |date=February 2001 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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*[[Plough]] in use.

==Inventions, discoveries, introductions==
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==Fiction and myth==
* [[Korean mythology]]: According to [[Silla]] scholar [[Bak Jesang]] ({{lang|ko|박제상}}), the state [[Hwanguk]] ({{lang|ko|桓國}}) collapsed around [[3898 BC]].


==References==
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==Decades and years==
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[[Category:4th millennium BC|-1]]
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[[cs:39. století př. n. l.]]
[[de:39. Jahrhundert v. Chr.]]
[[es:Siglo XXXIX adC]]
[[eu:K. a. XXXIX. mendea]]
[[fa:سده ۳۹ (پیش از میلاد)]]
[[he:המאה ה-39 לפנה"ס]]
[[ka:ძვ. წ. XXXIX საუკუნე]]
[[hu:I. e. 39. század]]
[[ru:XXXIX век до н. э.]]
[[sr:39. век п. н. е.]]

Latest revision as of 11:51, 12 April 2024

The 39th century BC was a century which lasted from the year 3900 BC to 3801 BC.

Events

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Two wooden posts set in the ground and crossing at an angle support a wooden board, which disappears into tall green reeds
A replica of the Sweet Track

References

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  1. ^ "The Sweet Track & Other Trackways". Archived from the original on 10 December 2017. Retrieved 8 Mar 2018.
  2. ^ "The Somerset Levels (the oldest timber trackway discovered in Northern Europe)". Current Archaeology 172. February 2001. Archived from the original on 2007-03-11. Retrieved 2007-03-25.