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NationMaster - Encyclopedia: 28th century BC (2655 words) |
 | The Old Kingdom is the name commonly given to that period in the 3rd millennium BC when Egypt attained its first continuous peak of civilization in complexity and achievement – this was the first of three so-called Kingdom periods, which mark the high points of civilization in the lower Nile... |
| Khafres Pyramid and the Great Sphinx of Giza, built about 2550 BC during the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom,[1] are enduring symbols of the civilization of ancient Egypt Ancient Egypt was a civilization in Northeastern Africa concentrated along the middle to lower reaches of the Nile River... |
| The 2nd millennium BC marks the transition from the Middle to the Late Bronze Age. |
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23rd century BC (90 words) |
| 2334 - 2279 BC -- Sargon of Akkad's conquest of Mesopotamia |
| 2217 - 2193 BC -- Nomadic invasions of Akkad |
| 2205 BC - Foundation of the Xia Dynasty of China by Xia Yu. |
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