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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 [[Post Track]], an ancient [[causeway]] in the [[Somerset Levels]], [[England]], is built, ca. 3838 BC. It is one of the oldest engineered [[road]]s discovered in [[Northern Europe]].
* 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>
* 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 3807 BC or 3806 BC, [[Dendrochronology|tree-ring dating (Dendrochronology)]] enabled very precise dating. It was once 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 | month = February | year = 2001 | url = http://www.archaeology.co.uk/ca/issues/ca172/ca172.htm | accessdate = 2007-03-25 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070311003620/http://www.archaeology.co.uk/ca/issues/ca172/ca172.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2007-03-11}}</ref>
* 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>
*[[Plough]] in use.
*[[Plough]] in use.

== Mythology ==
* [[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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[[ca:Segle XXXIX aC]]
[[cs:39. století př. n. l.]]
[[de:39. Jahrhundert v. Chr.]]
[[eu:K. a. XXXIX. mendea]]
[[fa:سده ۳۹ (پیش از میلاد)]]
[[fr:XXXIXe siècle av. J.-C.]]
[[ko:기원전 39세기]]
[[it:XXXIX secolo a.C.]]
[[ka:ძვ. წ. XXXIX საუკუნე]]
[[hu:I. e. 39. század]]
[[mk:39 век п.н.е.]]
[[ms:Abad ke-39 SM]]
[[ja:紀元前39世紀]]
[[qu:39 ñiqin pachakwata kñ]]
[[ru:XXXIX век до н. э.]]
[[sr:39. век п. н. е.]]
[[sh:39. vijek pne.]]
[[zh:前39世纪]]

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.