40th century BC

Millennium:	4th millennium BC
Centuries:	41st century BC · 40th century BC · 39th century BC
Decades:	3990s BC 3980s BC 3970s BC 3960s BC 3950s BC 3940s BC 3930s BC 3920s BC 3910s BC 3900s BC
Categories:	Births – Deaths Establishments – Disestablishments

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Start of Naqada culture in Egypt
4000 BC - Early Jomon period begins on the islands of Japan
Civilizations develop in the Mesopotamia/Fertile crescent region (around the location of modern day Iraq).
The first Korean civilization is founded around this era. The founder is said to be the son of a god and a she-bear who turned into a human.

According to the Venerable Bede, the world was created on 18 March 3952 BC.
The 40 Century BC is considered by some Christians who adhere to Young Earth Creationism to be the beginning of primeval human civilization.
According to Korean legends, the god who controlled the weather came down to the ground to spread harmony, peace and prosperity among the people. A tiger and a she-bear came to see him, asking the god to turn them into humans. The god gave the animals garlic and mugwort to take to a dark cave. The two must survive on the two plants and never see light for 100 days to become humans. The two tried, and for a while, they succeeded. However, the tiger could not bear the plants and dashed out for the sun and meat. Even though seeing Tiger leave so freely, the She-bear endured. Finally a hundred days passed, and the She bear turned into a beautiful woman. The god named her eung-nyeo, [熊女, bear-woman] and they married. Together they had a son, who was named Dan-goon[壇君]. Dan-goon became the first emperor of Korea, and he built the first nation of that particular peninsula.

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40th century BC
42nd century BC←41st century BC← ↔ →39th century BC→38th century BC

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