(24th century BC - 23rd century BC - 22nd century BC - other centuries) (25th century BC - 24th century BC - 23rd century BC - other centuries) (4th millennium BC - 3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC) Events 2900 - 2334 BC -- Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period 2350 BC --- End of the Early Dynastic IIIb Period in Mesopotamia 2350 BC -- First destruction of the city of... (23rd century BC - 22nd century BC - 21st century BC - other centuries) (4th millennium BC - 3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC) Events 2217 - 2193 BC -- Nomadic invasions of Akkad 2181 BC -- Egypt: End of Egypt: End of Seventh Dynasty, start of Eighth Dynasty 2160 BC -- Egypt: End of Eighth Dynasty, start... These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ...
(4th millennium BC - 3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC) (5th millennium BC – 4th millennium BC – 3rd millennium BC - other millennia) // Events City of Ur in Mesopotamia (40th century BC). ... (4th millennium BC – 3rd millennium BC – 2nd millennium BC – other millennia) Events Syria: Foundation of the city of Mari (29th century BC ) Iraq: Creation of the Kingdom of Elam Germination of the Bristlecone pine tree Methuselah about 2700 BC, the oldest known tree still living now Dynasty of Lagash in... (3rd millennium BC – 2nd millennium BC – 1st millennium BC – other millennia) Events Second dynasty of Babylon First Bantu migrations from west Africa The Cushites drive the original inhabitants from Ethiopia, and establish trade relations with Egypt. ...
The Chronology of the Ancient Orient deals with the notoriously difficult task of assigning years of the Common Era to various events, rulers and dynasties of the 3rd and 2nd millennia BC. The chronology of this region is based on five sets of primary materials. ... Sargon (2334 BC - 2279 BC short chronology) was the first person in recorded history to create an empire, or multi-ethnic state. ... Mesopotamia [mesuputÄmÄ“u] (Greek: Μεσοποταμία, translated from Old Persian Miyanrudan the Land between the Rivers or the Aramaic name Beth-Nahrin House of Two Rivers) is a region of Southwest Asia. ... Akkad (or Agade) was a city and its region of northern Mesopotamia, (located in present-day Iraq) between Assyria to the northwest and Sumer to the south. ... The Xia Dynasty (Chinese: å¤æœ; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Hsia-chao), ca. ... Yu (禹, often called Da Yu 大禹 Yu the Great) was the legendary first Chinese monarch of the Xia Dynasty, considered as the founder of the dynasty. ...
Sargon (2334 BC - 2279 BC short chronology) was the first person in recorded history to create an empire, or multi-ethnic state. ... The Akkadian Empire, founded in western Asia, was Semitic and is the earliest recorded empire in the world. ...
The period of decline (1085-730 BC) is characterized by mechanical repetition of earlier forms in the major arts and by the introduction of satirical and often cynical drawings in the papyri.
In the Saïte period (730-663 BC) there was an attempt to return to the austerity of the Old Kingdom style, but for the simplicity of the earlier forms a coarse brutality was substituted.
After the conquest of Egypt by the Assyrians in 663 BC all the arts declined with the exception of metalworking, in which a high standard of skill was maintained.
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