38th century BC

Template:Short description Template:Refimprove Template:Centurybox 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 – Template:Ill (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<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Calendar epochs

• 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.<ref>anno mundi in Encyclopedia Britannica</ref><ref name=Creation>

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• 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.<ref name=BirthdayAdamEve>

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See also

• 3760

References

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