39th century BC

One hundred years, from 3900 BC to 3801 BC
Millennium
4th millennium BC
Centuries
  • 40th century BC
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Timelines
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State leaders
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Decades
  • 3890s BC
  • 3880s BC
  • 3870s BC
  • 3860s BC
  • 3850s BC
  • 3840s BC
  • 3830s BC
  • 3820s BC
  • 3810s BC
  • 3800s BC
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The 39th century BC was a century which lasted from the year 3900 BC to 3801 BC.

Events

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
  • The Post Track, an ancient causeway in the Somerset Levels, England, is built, c. 3838 BC. It is one of the oldest engineered roads discovered in Northern Europe.[1]
  • 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; tree-ring dating (dendrochronology) enabled very precise dating.[2]
  • Plough in use.

References

  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.
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Decades and years
39th century BC
41st century BC ← 40th century BC ← ↔ → 38th century BC → 37th century BC
3900s BC 3909 BC 3908 BC 3907 BC 3906 BC 3905 BC 3904 BC 3903 BC 3902 BC 3901 BC 3900 BC
3890s BC 3899 BC 3898 BC 3897 BC 3896 BC 3895 BC 3894 BC 3893 BC 3892 BC 3891 BC 3890 BC
3880s BC 3889 BC 3888 BC 3887 BC 3886 BC 3885 BC 3884 BC 3883 BC 3882 BC 3881 BC 3880 BC
3870s BC 3879 BC 3878 BC 3877 BC 3876 BC 3875 BC 3874 BC 3873 BC 3872 BC 3871 BC 3870 BC
3860s BC 3869 BC 3868 BC 3867 BC 3866 BC 3865 BC 3864 BC 3863 BC 3862 BC 3861 BC 3860 BC
3850s BC 3859 BC 3858 BC 3857 BC 3856 BC 3855 BC 3854 BC 3853 BC 3852 BC 3851 BC 3850 BC
3840s BC 3849 BC 3848 BC 3847 BC 3846 BC 3845 BC 3844 BC 3843 BC 3842 BC 3841 BC 3840 BC
3830s BC 3839 BC 3838 BC 3837 BC 3836 BC 3835 BC 3834 BC 3833 BC 3832 BC 3831 BC 3830 BC
3820s BC 3829 BC 3828 BC 3827 BC 3826 BC 3825 BC 3824 BC 3823 BC 3822 BC 3821 BC 3820 BC
3810s BC 3819 BC 3818 BC 3817 BC 3816 BC 3815 BC 3814 BC 3813 BC 3812 BC 3811 BC 3810 BC
3800s BC 3809 BC 3808 BC 3807 BC 3806 BC 3805 BC 3804 BC 3803 BC 3802 BC 3801 BC 3800 BC
3790s BC 3799 BC 3798 BC 3797 BC 3796 BC 3795 BC 3794 BC 3793 BC 3792 BC 3791 BC 3790 BC


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