{{Short description|One hundred years, from 3800 BC to 3701 BC}} {{Refimprove|date=September 2014}} {{Centurybox|-38}} The '''38th century BC''' was a century which lasted from the year 3800 BC to 3701 BC.

==Events== [[File:Creation of Light Detail 2.png|right|thumb|250px|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 – {{ill|Dolmen of Dombate|gl|Dolmen de 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<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Kitchen | first1 = A. | last2 = Ehret | first2 = C. | last3 = Assefa | first3 = S. | last4 = Mulligan | first4 = C. J. | year = 2009 | title = Bayesian phylogenetic analysis of Semitic languages identifies an Early Bronze Age origin of Semitic in the Near East | journal = Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences | volume = 276 | issue = 1668| pages = 2703–2710 | doi = 10.1098/rspb.2009.0408 | pmid = 19403539 | pmc=2839953}}</ref>

==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.<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/topic/anno-mundi anno mundi in Encyclopedia Britannica]</ref><ref name=Creation> {{cite web |title=Creation (3760 BC) |url=http://www.chabad.org/calendar/view/day_cdo/aid/156820/jewish/Creation.htm|work=Jewish History |publisher=Chabad-Lubavitch Media Center |access-date=15 February 2013 }}</ref><ref name=JewishYear>"To find the corresponding Jewish year for any year on the Gregorian calendar, add 3760 to the Gregorian number, if it is before Rosh Hashanah. After Rosh Hashanah, add 3761." {{cite web |title=The Jewish year |url=http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/526875/jewish/The-Jewish-Year.htm |work=About the Jewish Calendar |publisher=Chabad-Lubavitch Media Center |access-date=15 February 2013 }}</ref> * 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> {{cite web |title=Birthday of Adam & Eve (3760 BC) |url=http://www.chabad.org/calendar/view/day_cdo/aid/150485/jewish/Adam-Eve.htm|work=Jewish History |publisher=Chabad-Lubavitch Media Center |access-date=15 February 2013 }}</ref><ref name="epoch of man"> {{cite web |last=Tauber |first=adapted by Yanki |author-link=Yanki Tauber |title=The Man in man |url=http://www.chabad.org/holidays/JewishNewYear/template_cdo/aid/4764/jewish/The-Man-In-Man.htm |work=High Holidays Rosh Hashanah Study Essays |publisher=Chabad-Lubavitch Media Center |access-date=15 February 2013 }}</ref>

==See also== * 3760

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