Key facts
- Gregorian calendar
- 638 BC, DCXXXVIII BC
- Ancient egypt era
- XXVI dynasty , 27
- Pharaoh
- Psamtik I , 27
- Ancient greek olympiad summer
- 35th Olympiad , year 3
- Balinese saka calendar
- N/A
- Bengali calendar
- −1231 – −1230
- Buddhist calendar
- −93
- Burmese calendar
- −1275
- Byzantine calendar
- 4871–4872
- Chinese calendar
- 壬午 年 (Water Horse ), 2060 or 1853, — to — , 癸未年 (Water Goat ), 2061 or 1854
- Coptic calendar
- −921 – −920
- Ethiopian calendar
- −645 – −644
- Hebrew calendar
- 3123–3124
- Vikram samvat
- −581 – −580
- Shaka samvat
- N/A
- Kali yuga
- 2463–2464
- Iranian calendar
- 1259 BP – 1258 BP
- Islamic calendar
- 1298 BH – 1297 BH
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Wikidata facts
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- topic's main category
- Category:638 BC
- point in time
- 0638-01-01
- Commons category
- 638 BC
- category for births in this time period
- Category:638 BCE births
- category for deaths in this time period
- Category:638 BC deaths
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Encyclopedic overview
The year 638 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 116 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 638 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Births
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