39 BC
39 BC — China: Yellow River dikes burst
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| KoreaThree Kingdoms of Korea 57 BC–660 | ChinaHan dynasty 206 BC–220 | JapanYayoi period 300 BC–250 | United States |
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- BC37고구려의 시조 고구려 동명성왕 주몽이 졸본에 건국
| - BC41The state monopoly on salt and iron is restored
- BC41Han forces (60,000) under Feng Fengshi crush the Qiang rebels
- BC40The earliest surviving Chinese record of the treadle-operated tilt hammer appeared.
- BC38Emperor Yuan of Han deposes Liu Yuan, King of Hejian, disestablishing his kingdom
- BC37Jing Fang died.
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| covered from 1607 |