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Encyclopedia > 2270 BC

(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 2334 - 2279 BC -- Sargon of Akkads conquest... (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 Foundation of the city of Mari (Syria) (29th century BC ) Creation of the Kingdom of Elam (Iraq) Germination of the Bristlecone pine tree Methuselah about 2700 BC, the oldest tree still living now Dynasty of Lagash in Sumeria... (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. ...


Events

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 ( Greek: Μεσοποταμία, translated from Old Persian Miyanrudan the Land between the Rivers or the Aramaic name Beth-Nahrin two rivers) is a region of Southwest Asia. ... Akkad (or Agade) was a city and its region of northern Iraq) between Assyria to the northwest and Sumer to the south. ... The Xia Dynasty (Hanyu Pinyin: Xia, Wade-Giles: Hsia, Chinese: 夏朝), ca. ... In the television series Stargate SG-1, Yu is portrayed as a Goauld System Lord. ...

Significant persons

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. ...

Inventions, discoveries, introductions


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Near Eastern Chronology (116 words)
2340-2316 BC Reign of Lugalzegesi, ruler of Uruk, Umma, and Sumer.
2334-2279 BC Reign of Sargon of Akkad, beginging of Akkadian Dyansty.
2144-2122 BC Reign of Gudea, ruler of Lagash.
Egypt: Nordic Desert Empire (1055 words)
Above left: Remains of the outer wall of the Saqqara tomb of the pharaoh Uadji of the 2nd Dynasty (2770 - 2650 BC).
The year 3100 BC therefore marks the start of the Dynastic Period, called the Old Kingdom by historians.
The Sphinx and pyramids of Giza, circa 2500 BC.
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