24th century BC
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(25th century BC - 24th century BC - 23rd century BC - other centuries)
(4th millennium BC - 3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC)
Contents
Events
- 2900–2334 BC – Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period.
- 2500-2400 BC – The Great Pyramid of Giza is being built.
- 2350 BC – End of the Early Dynastic IIIb Period in Mesopotamia.
- 2350 BC – First destruction of the city of Mari.
- 2334–2279 BC – Sargon of Akkad's conquest of Mesopotamia.
- 2345 BC – End of Fifth Dynasty, start of Sixth Dynasty in Egypt. Pharaoh Unas died. Pharaoh Teti started to reign.
- The city of Lothal arises under the Indus valley civilization.
Significant persons
- Urukagina
- Sargon of Akkad
- Enheduanna, daughter of Sargon, priestess and the first author known by name
- Ptahhotep, ancient Egyptian Vizier, author of The Maxims of Ptahhotep.
Inventions, discoveries, introductions
- The first official mentioning of beekeeping in Egypt.
- The first documented use of an organized courier service for the diffusion of written documents in Egypt.
Fiction and myth
- In 2349 BC, Noah entered the Ark (according to religious scholar James Ussher).
- In 2333 BC or on 3 October 2332 BC, Dangun founded the state Gojoseon (according to the Korean histories Samguk Yusa, originally written in the 12th c. CE, and Dongguk Tonggam, written in the 15th c. CE).
References
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