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Encyclopedia > 2613 BC
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(28th century BC - 27th century BC - 26th century BC - other centuries)


(4th millennium BC - 3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC)

Events

  • 2900 - 2334 BC -- Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period
  • 2775 - 2650 BC -- Second Dynasty wars in Egypt
  • Germination of the Bristlecone pine tree "Methuselah" about 2700 BC, the oldest tree still living now
  • 2697 BC -- According to Chinese tradition, in this year Huangdi (the Yellow Emperor) united the tribes of Central China. Traditionally regarded as the starting point of Chinese Civilisation
  • 2686 BC -- Egypt: End of Second Dynasty, start of Third Dynasty
  • 2630 BC - 2611 BC - Reign of Djoser, Egypt.
  • 2630 - 2611 BC - Imhotep, Vizier of Egypt, constructs the Pyramid of Djoser
  • 2627 - 2000 BC - Peru: Construction of the Caral metropolis
  • 2613 BC -- Egypt: End of Third Dynasty, start of Fourth Dynasty
  • 2600 BC - End of the Early Dynastic II Period and the beginning of the Early Dynastic IIIa Period in Mesopotamia

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Inventions, discoveries, introductions



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The Wonders of ancient Egypt (3099 words)
In 940 B.C., a Libyan general by the name of Sheshonk forced his way into the royal family through marriage, overthrew his in-laws, and founded the twenty-second dynasty.
RAMSES II Ramses II (1279-1212 BC) was an ancient Egyptian king, third ruler of the 19th Dynasty, and the son of Seti I. According to tradition, he was the Pharaoh of Egypt in the biblical Exodus story.
The major battle of this war was fought in 1274 at Kadesh, in northern Syria, and in 1258 BC a treaty was signed whereby the contested lands were divided and Ramses agreed to marry the daughter of the Hittite king.
Egyptian Timeframe (368 words)
3000 BC Menes unifies Upper and Lower Egypt, and a new capital is erected at Memphis.
This is the period of the upsurge of the cult of Osiris.
1512-1448 BC During Tuthmosis III, Egyptian rule is extended as far as the Euphrates River to the east and south to the Fourth Cataract of the Nile.
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