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(26th century BC - 25th century BC - 24th century BC - other centuries )
4th millennium BC - 3rd millennium BC 2nd millennium BC )
Events 2900 - 2334 BC -- Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period 2494 BC -- End of Fourth Dynasty , start of Fifth Dynasty in Egypt. 2450 BC - End of the Early Dynastic IIIa Period and beginning of the Early Dynastic IIIb Period in Mesopotamia.
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Inventions, discoveries, introductions Harappan civilisation , at its peak, covered an area of around 480,000 kmē . Its heartland lay in the Indus river valley in Pakistan , but settlements spread as far as the Makran coast, Baluchistan , Afghanistan , eastern Punjab , Kutch and Saurashtra . They included cities like Harappa , Mohenjo-daro , Kalibangan, Dholavira, ports like Lothal , Sutkagen-dor and Sotka-koh and numerous villages as well.
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Old Kingdom - Academic Kids (0 words)
The first famous pharaoh of the Old Kingdom was Djoser (2630–2611 BC ) of the Third Dynasty who ordered the construction of the first pyramid (the Step Pyramid) in Memphis's new necropolis, Saqqara. Sneferu was succeeded by his (in)famous son, Khufu (2551–2528 BC ), who built the Great Pyramid of Giza. The later kings of the Fourth dynasty were Menkaura (2494–2472 BC ), who built the smallest pyramid in Giza, and Shepseskaf (2472–2467 BC ).
Wonders of the Ancient World - Academic Kids (0 words)
270 BC on Pharos island near Alexandria during the reign of Ptolemy II by Greek architect Sostratus, in present Egypt. Statue of Zeus — at Olympia, carved by the Greek sculptor Phidias, c. Temple of Artemis — 550 BC , at Ephesus, present Turkey.
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