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*[[24th century BC|2334 BC]] – 2279 BC: ([[short chronology]]) [[Sargon of Akkad]]'s conquest of [[Mesopotamia]]. | *[[24th century BC|2334 BC]] – 2279 BC: ([[short chronology]]) [[Sargon of Akkad]]'s conquest of [[Mesopotamia]]. | ||
*c. 2300 BC: [[Indus Valley | *c. 2300 BC: [[Indus Valley Civilisation]] (Harappan) flourishing in modern-day eastern [[Pakistan]] - western [[India]]. | ||
*c. 2300 BC: Metals start to be used in [[Northern Europe]]. | *c. 2300 BC: Metals start to be used in [[Northern Europe]]. | ||
*c. 2300 BC: [[Unetice culture]] emerges in the modern day [[Czech Republic]]. | *c. 2300 BC: [[Unetice culture]] emerges in the modern day [[Czech Republic]]. | ||
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*c. 2250 BC: Earliest evidence of maize cultivation in [[Central America]]. | *c. 2250 BC: Earliest evidence of maize cultivation in [[Central America]]. | ||
*c. 2240 BC: [[Akkad (city)|Akkad]], capital of the [[Akkadian Empire]], becomes the largest city in the world, surpassing [[Memphis, Egypt|Memphis]], capital of [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa011201a.htm|title=Largest Cities Through History|last=Rosenberg|first=Matt T|access-date=2009-11-11|archive-date=2016-08-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818124242/http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa011201a.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> | *c. 2240 BC: [[Akkad (city)|Akkad]], capital of the [[Akkadian Empire]], becomes the largest city in the world, surpassing [[Memphis, Egypt|Memphis]], capital of [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa011201a.htm|title=Largest Cities Through History|last=Rosenberg|first=Matt T|access-date=2009-11-11|archive-date=2016-08-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818124242/http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa011201a.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
*c. 2220 BC: [[Scord of Brouster]] farmstead established in [[Shetland | *c. 2220 BC: [[Scord of Brouster]] farmstead established in the [[Shetland islands]] | ||
*c. 2220 BC: [[Mount Edgecumbe (Alaska)]] volcano erupts near present-day [[Sitka, Alaska]]. | *c. 2220 BC: [[Mount Edgecumbe (Alaska)|Mount Edgecumbe]] volcano erupts near present-day [[Sitka, Alaska]]. | ||
*c. 2215 BC: A [[Guti (Mesopotamia)|Guti]] army swept down from the [[Zagros Mountains]] and defeated the demoralized [[Akkadian Empire|Akkadian]] army. They took [[Agade]], the capital of [[Akkad (city)|Akkad]], and destroyed it thoroughly. | *c. 2215 BC: A [[Guti (Mesopotamia)|Guti]] army swept down from the [[Zagros Mountains]] and defeated the demoralized [[Akkadian Empire|Akkadian]] army. They took [[Agade]], the capital of [[Akkad (city)|Akkad]], and destroyed it thoroughly. | ||
*c. July 2215 BC: [[Comet Hale-Bopp]] visits the inner | *c. July 2215 BC: [[Comet Hale-Bopp]] visits the inner [[Solar System]] and would not return until the year AD 1997. | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
Latest revision as of 19:53, 5 November 2025
Template:Short description Template:Centurybox The 23rd century BC was a century that lasted from the year 2300 BC to 2201 BC.
Events
- 2334 BC – 2279 BC: (short chronology) Sargon of Akkad's conquest of Mesopotamia.
- c. 2300 BC: Indus Valley Civilisation (Harappan) flourishing in modern-day eastern Pakistan - western India.
- c. 2300 BC: Metals start to be used in Northern Europe.
- c. 2300 BC: Unetice culture emerges in the modern day Czech Republic.
- c. 2300 BC: Canal Bahr Yusuf (current name) is created when the waterway from the Nile to the natural lake (now Lake Moeris) is widened and deepened to create a canal.
- c. 2300 BC – 2200 BC: "Head of a man from Nineveh" (modern Kuyunjik, Iraq) is made. It is now in Iraq Museum, Baghdad.
- c. 2300 BC – 2184 BC: Disk of Enheduanna, from Ur, (modern Muqaiyir, Iraq) is made. It is now in University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
- c. 2300–2250 BC, reigns of Pepi I Meryre and Merenre Nemtyemsaf I, beginning of Pepi II Neferkares' rule, all of the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt.
- c. 2288 BC: "Queen Merye-ankhnes and her son Pepy II" is sculpted, Sixth dynasty of Egypt. The alabaster statuette is now at The Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York.
- c. 2285 BC: Enheduanna, high priestess of the moon god Nanna in Ur, was born.
- c. 2254 BC – 2218 BC: Stela of Naram-Sin, probably from Sippar, discovered in Susa (modern Shush, Iran), is made. It is now in Musée du Louvre, Paris.
- c. 2250 BC: The beginning of the Meghalayan Stage, the last of the three stages of the Holocene.[1][2]
- c. 2250 BC: Earliest evidence of maize cultivation in Central America.
- c. 2240 BC: Akkad, capital of the Akkadian Empire, becomes the largest city in the world, surpassing Memphis, capital of Egypt.[3]
- c. 2220 BC: Scord of Brouster farmstead established in the Shetland islands
- c. 2220 BC: Mount Edgecumbe volcano erupts near present-day Sitka, Alaska.
- c. 2215 BC: A Guti army swept down from the Zagros Mountains and defeated the demoralized Akkadian army. They took Agade, the capital of Akkad, and destroyed it thoroughly.
- c. July 2215 BC: Comet Hale-Bopp visits the inner Solar System and would not return until the year AD 1997.
References
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