37th century BC
{{Short description|One hundred years, from 3700 BC to 3601 BC}}
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The 37th century BC was a century which lasted from the year 3700 BC to 3601 BC.
Events
- In the south of England, a rapid expansion of monument building occurred around 3700 BC.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2011/jun/06/archaeology-dating-property-boom-3700bc |title=Archaeology dating technique uncovers 'property boom' of 3700 BC |work=The Guardian |date=June 6, 2011 |access-date=July 18, 2011}}
- In the city of Uruk, southern Mesopotamia, groups of tokens representing commercial transactions begin to be enclosed in hollow clay balls and kept in archives.{{cite news |url= http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-978283.html# |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140921211746/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-978283.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= September 21, 2014 |title=From lumps of clay to arithmetic and grammar |newspaper=The Washington Post |publisher=Highbeam Research |date=December 6, 1993 |access-date=September 2, 2012}} {{subscription required}}
- The Maykop culture, a major Bronze Age archaeological culture in the Western Caucasus region of Southern Russia, began around 3700 BC.
- Indus Valley civilisation in South Asia (3700 BC).